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| ===Vowels=== | | ===Vowels=== |
| {{SUBPAGENAME}} has a moderately large vowel system (7 vowel qualities).
| | "Non-rhotic Mandarin" |
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| {| border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" class="greentable lightgreenbg" style="text-align:center;"
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| |+ '''{{SUBPAGENAME}} vowels'''
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| ! colspan="2" |Front
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| ! colspan="2" |Central
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| ! colspan="3" |Back
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| ! colspan="2" style="" |<small>unrounded</small>
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| ! style=" " |<small>unrounded</small>
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| ! style=" " |<small>rounded</small>
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| ! style=" " |<small>unrounded</small>
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| ! style=" " |<small>rounded</small>
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| !style=" "|<small>short</small>
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| !style=" "|<small>long</small>
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| !style=" "|<small>short</small>
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| !style=" "|<small>long</small>
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| !style=" "|<small>short</small>
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| !style=" "|<small>long</small>
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| ! style="" |Close
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| | '''i''' /ɪ/
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| | '''ii''' /iː/
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| | '''u''' /ʊ/
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| | '''uu''' /uː/
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| ! style="" |Mid
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| | '''ee''' /eː/
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| | [ə]
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| | '''oo''' /oː/
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| ! style="" |Open-mid
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| | '''e''' /ɛ/
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| | '''ea''' /ɛː/
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| | '''o''' /ɔ/
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| | '''oa''' /ɔː/
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| ! style="" |Open
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| | '''a''' /a/
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| | '''aa''' /aː/
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| There are also two diphthongs: '''ia''' /iə/ and '''ua''' /uə/.
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| ===Phonotactics=== | | ===Phonotactics=== |