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===Vowels /e eː e̤ ɛ ɛː/=== | ===Vowels /e eː e̤ ɛ ɛː/=== | ||
Chlouvānem is rich in mid front vowels, with five such phonemes; their qualities do not overlap in the Standard, but they do in some regional pronunciations. Notably, among younger speakers in the eastern part of the Jade Coast (Līlasuṃghāṇa and areas east of it) and most of the South, they merge as /e(ː)/ when preceding a nasal phoneme, excluding /ɴ̆/: | Chlouvānem is rich in mid front vowels, with five such phonemes; their qualities do not overlap in the Standard, but they do in some regional pronunciations. Notably, among younger speakers in the eastern part of the Jade Coast (Līlasuṃghāṇa and areas east of it) and most of the South, they merge as {{IPA|/e(ː)/}} when preceding a nasal phoneme, excluding {{IPA|/ɴ̆/}}: | ||
: ''pǣcicænah'' "entrée" /pɛːc͡ɕic͡ɕɛnäɦ/ – Std. [pɛːc͡ɕic͡ɕɛnäħ], Līl. [pɛːc͡ɕic͡ɕenɐχ], Lṭh. [pɛːc͡ɕic͡ɕenɐħ~-nɐχ], Mam. [pɛːc͡ɕɪc͡ɕɛnäħ], Cam. [pɛːc͡ɕic͡ɕɛnäh] | : ''pǣcicænah'' "entrée" {{IPA|/pɛːc͡ɕic͡ɕɛnäɦ/}} – Std. {{IPA|[pɛːc͡ɕic͡ɕɛnäħ]}}, Līl. {{IPA|[pɛːc͡ɕic͡ɕenɐχ]}}, Lṭh. {{IPA|[pɛːc͡ɕic͡ɕenɐħ~-nɐχ]}}, Mam. {{IPA|[pɛːc͡ɕɪc͡ɕɛnäħ]}}, Cam. {{IPA|[pɛːc͡ɕic͡ɕɛnäh]}} | ||
In virtually all pronunciations, /ɛ ɛː/ are lowered to [æ æː] before /ʀ/: | In virtually all pronunciations, /ɛ ɛː/ are lowered to [æ æː] before /ʀ/: | ||
: ''kauchlærīn'' "professor" /kaʊ̯c͡ɕʰɴ̆ɛʀiːn/ – Std. [käʊ̯c͡ɕʰɴ̆æʀĩːŋ], Līl. [kɐʊ̯c͡ɕʰɴ̆æʀĩːŋ~kɑʊ̯-], Cam. [kɑʊ̯c͡ɕʰɴ̆æʀĩːŋ], Ytc. [käʊ̯c͡ɕʰɴ̆æʐĩŋ] | : ''kauchlærīn'' "professor" {{IPA|/kaʊ̯c͡ɕʰɴ̆ɛʀiːn/}} – Std. {{IPA|[käʊ̯c͡ɕʰɴ̆æʀĩːŋ]}}, Līl. {{IPA|[kɐʊ̯c͡ɕʰɴ̆æʀĩːŋ~kɑʊ̯-]}}, Cam. {{IPA|[kɑʊ̯c͡ɕʰɴ̆æʀĩːŋ]}}, Ytc. {{IPA|[käʊ̯c͡ɕʰɴ̆æʐĩŋ]}} | ||
===Vowel /ɔ/ (incl. historical */ʌo̯/)=== | ===Vowel /ɔ/ (incl. historical */ʌo̯/)=== | ||