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Vowels

There are 13 vocalic phonemes. Each vowel makes a distinction in nasalization, displaying both a non-nasal and a nasal version.

IPA

Transcription

[i] [ĩ]

[u]

i

u

[ɪ]

[ʊ]

y

ü

[e]

[o]

e

o

[ɛ]

[œ]

[ʌ]

[ɔ]

ɛ

ö

å

ɔ

[æ]

[ɑ]

ä

ɑ

[a]

a

The opposition in nasalization is fully distinctive:

čü - čü̃
saline - young

No vowel makes any distinction neither in length nor in tone.