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! Near-High
! Near-High
| ɪ
| ɪ
| colspan=2 | ʊ
| colspan=2 | ɤ~ʊ
|-
|-
! Mid-High
! Mid
| e
| e
| rowspan=2 | (ə)
| rowspan=2 | (ə)
| o
| o
|-
! Mid-Low
| ɛ
| ɔ
|-
|-
! Low
! Low
| colspan=2 | a
| æ~ɛ
| (ɒ)
| ɔ~ɒ
|-
|-
|}
|}


#/ə, ɒ/ are the unstressed realizations of /a, ɔ/.
#/ə/ is the unstressed realization of /æ, ɔ/. (differing by slender vs broad)
#/ʊ/ is most typically realized as [ɤ]
#/æ/ is often /ɛ/ before nasals, but rarely so anywhere else.


Long vowels have long been lost, though their effects remain prominently, influencing the languages stress patterns heavily.
Long vowels have long been lost, though their effects remain prominently, influencing the languages stress patterns heavily.
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*Before a fricative (Though "nh" is /n̥/)
*Before a fricative (Though "nh" is /n̥/)
*In some irregular positions when loaned from another language.
*In some irregular positions when loaned from another language.
===Dialects===
====Uist Norse====
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
! colspan=2 rowspan=2 |
! colspan=2 | labial
! colspan=2 | dental
! colspan=2 | alveolar
! colspan=2 | velar
|-
! broad
! slender
! broad
! slender
! broad
! slender
! broad
! slender
|-
! colspan=2 | Nasal
| mˠ
| mʲ
|
|
| nˠ
| ɲ
|
|
|-
! rowspan=2 | Stop
! Unvoiced
| pˠ
| pʲ
|
|
| tˠ
| tʲ
| k
| c
|-
! Voiced
| bˠ
| bʲ
|
|
| dˠ
| dʲ
| g
| ɟ
|-
! rowspan=2 | Fricative
! Unvoiced
| fˠ
| fʲ
| θˠ
| θʲ
| sˠ
| ʃ
| x
| ç
|-
! Voiced
| vˠ
| vʲ
| ðˠ
| ðʲ
| zˠ
| ʒ
| ɣ
| ʝ
|-
! colspan=2 | Approximant
|
|
|
|
| rˠ, lˠ
| rʲ, ʎ
| colspan=2 | j
|-
|}


{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
! rowspan=2 |
! rowspan=2 | Front
! colspan=2 | Back
|-
! Unround
! Round
|-
! High
| i
|
| u
|-
! Mid
| e
| ɤ
| o
|-
! Low
| ɛ
| (ɐ)
| ɔ~ɒ
|-
|}
#/ə/ is the unstressed realization of /ɛ, ɔ/. (differing by slender vs broad)
Nasal vowels in Uist Norse are typically realized slightly centralized and longer, often without the nasalization.
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
! rowspan=2 |
! rowspan=2 | Front
! colspan=2 | Back
|-
! Unround
! Round
|-
! High
| ɪ̈ˑ
|
| ʊ̈ˑ
|-
! Mid
| ɘˑ
| əˑ
| ɵˑ
|-
! Low
| ɜˑ
| (ɐˑ)
| ɞˑ
|-
|}
===Prosody===
===Prosody===
The rules for stress are very slightly more complex than they were in Old Norse, but not by much.
The rules for stress are very slightly more complex than they were in Old Norse, but not by much.