Jakvalat: Difference between revisions

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{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
|-
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| || Front Short|| Front Long||Short Back||Long Back
| || Front|| Back||Long
|-
|-
| High || /i/||/eɪ|| /u/||/oʊ/
| High || /i/|| /u/
|-
|-
| Low|| /ɛ/||/aɪ/|| /ɑ/||/ɑʊ/
| Low|| /ɛ/|| /ɑ/
|}
|}


Notes:
Yakvala has 4 vowel qualities which, according to WALS, is a small inventory. The consonant-vowel ratio is 2.75 which is an average ratio.
 
1. The long vowels are phonetically diphthongs but are phonologically long vowels.
 
2. Yakvala
has 4 vowel qualities which, according to WALS, is a small inventory. The consonant-vowel ratio is 2.75 which is an average ratio.


===Allophony===
===Allophony===
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