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* '''au''' = [aw]
* '''au''' = [aw]
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{| class="wikitable" border="1" style="text-align: center;"
|+Vowel and Diphthong Inventory of '''Ahāmatya'''
! rowspan="2" |
! colspan="2" |Short
! colspan="2" |Long
|-
!Front
!Back
!Front
!Back
|- style="text-align: center;"
!High
| '''i''' = [i]
| '''u''' = [u]
| '''ī''' = [i:]
| '''ū''' = [u:]
|- style="text-align: center;"
!Mid
| '''e''' = [ɛ] ~ [e]
|
| '''ē''' = [ɛ:] ~ [e:]
|
|- style="text-align: center;"
!Low
| colspan="2" |'''a''' = [a]
| colspan="2" |'''ā''' = [a:]
|- style="text-align: center;"
!Diphthongs
| colspan="4" |'''ei''' = [ej], '''ai''' = [aj], '''ui''' = [uj], '''iu''' = [ju]<br />, '''eu''' = [ew], '''au''' = [aw]
|}


There are some contexts in which a vowel sequence is not a diphthong. This usually occurs when a long vowel is then appended to by a short vowel. This is represented by an acute diacritic replacing the macron over the long vowel. This has an effect of reducing the length of the long vowel to a short vowel, and both vowels in the sequence carry their own distinct syllabification. This may be seen in the following:
There are some contexts in which a vowel sequence is not a diphthong. This usually occurs when a long vowel is then appended to by a short vowel. This is represented by an acute diacritic replacing the macron over the long vowel. This has an effect of reducing the length of the long vowel to a short vowel, and both vowels in the sequence carry their own distinct syllabification. This may be seen in the following:
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* '''áu''' → '''áu''' = '''a-u'''
* '''áu''' → '''áu''' = '''a-u'''


===Prosody and Stress===
===Prosody and Stress===
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