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Vowels

There are 7 vocalic phonemes, which display other forms of distinction.

5 vowels have a short form and a long form. The central phonemes, [ə] and [ɨ], makes no distinction in length.

IPA						Transcription
[i]	[iː]	[ɨ]		[u]	[uː]	i	iː	y		u	uː
		[ə]						ə
[ɛ]	[ɛː]			[ɔ]	[ɔː]	e	eː			o	oː
		[a]	[aː]					a	aː

The vocalic system is typologically simple and essentially balanced.

All long vowels have an additional tonal feature, being every of them pronounced with an ascending tone. This feature, however, is not distinctive.