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Vowels

There are 8 vocalic phonemes, which display other forms of distinction.

IPA				Transcription
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[i]	[iː]	[u]	[uː]	i	iː	u	uː
[e]	[eː]	[o]	[oː]	e	eː	o	oː
[ɛ]	[ɛː]	[o]	[oː]	ɛ	ɛː	ɔ	oː
[a]	[aː]	[ɑ]	[ɑː]	a	aː	ɑ	ɑː

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

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