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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 ỹ

ü ü̃

[e] [ẽ]

[o] [õ]

e ẽ

o õ

[ɛ] [ɛ̃]

[œ] [œ̃]

[ʌ] [ʌ̃]

[ɔ] [ɔ̃]

ɛ ɛ̃

ö ö̃

å å̃

ɔ ɔ̃

[æ] [æ̃]

[ɑ] [ɑ̃]

ä ä̃

ɑ ɑ̃

[a] [ã]

a ã

The opposition in nasalization is fully distinctive:

čü - čü̃
saline - young

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