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Some authors have described {{PAGENAME}} as also having phonemic long vowels as well, however long vowels behave prosodically in an identical way to vowel sequences, encouraging the analysis of them as sequences of two identical vowels. Such sequences of two identical vowels are, however, generally written with a macron for traditional reasons and to save space, however when it is impossible to type a macron, the vowel is doubled. | Some authors have described {{PAGENAME}} as also having phonemic long vowels as well, however long vowels behave prosodically in an identical way to vowel sequences, encouraging the analysis of them as sequences of two identical vowels. Such sequences of two identical vowels are, however, generally written with a macron for traditional reasons and to save space, however when it is impossible to type a macron, the vowel is doubled. | ||
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! Phonemic<br />Analysis !! Romanised<br />(macrons possible) !! Romanised<br />(macrons impossible) | ! Phonemic<br />Analysis !! Romanised<br />(macrons possible) !! Romanised<br />(macrons impossible) | ||