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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] [ũ]

i ĩ

u ũ

[ɪ] [x]

[ʊ] [x]

y x

ü x

[e] [x]

[o] [x]

e

o x

[ɛ] [x]

[œ] [x]

[ʌ] [x]

[ɔ] [x]

ɛ x

ö x

å x

ɔ x

[æ] [x]

[ɑ] [x]

ä x

ɑ x

[a] [x]

a x

The opposition in nasalization is fully distinctive:

čü - čü̃
saline - young

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