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Vowels

There are 6 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
[e]	[ə]	[o]	e	ə	o
	[a]			a

5 vowels are framed in a complex tonal system. Conversely, the mid-central phoneme, [ə], makes no distinction in tone.

The tonal system is thoroughly described below.