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Volapȕük nulíik has a quite large vowel inventory. Besides the quality of a vowel, the length of a vowel plays an important role as well. The the proto language, the inventory was rather small: | Volapȕük nulíik has a quite large vowel inventory. Besides the quality of a vowel, the length of a vowel plays an important role as well. The the proto language, the inventory was rather small: | ||
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! !! Front !! Central !! Back | |||
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! High | |||
| i /i/ ü /ü/ || || u /u/ | |||
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!! Close-mid | |||
|| e /e/ ö /ö/ || || o /o/ | |||
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!! Close-open | |||
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|| ä /ɛ/ || || | |||
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!! Open | |||
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|| a /a/ || || | |||
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===Prosody=== | ===Prosody=== | ||