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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
ü
ü̃
[e]
[ẽ]
[o]
[õ]
e
o
õ
[ɛ]
[x]
[œ]
[x]
[ʌ]
[x]
[ɔ]
[x]
ɛ
x
ö
x
å
å̃
ɔ
ɔ̃
[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.