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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]
[ɪ̃]
[ʊ]
[ʊ̃]
y
ü
ü̃
[e]
[ẽ]
[o]
[õ]
e
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.