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Thulean has 4 vowel phonemes which according to WALS is a small inventory. There are also 2 diphthongs. The consonant to vowel ratio is 13.25 which according to WALS is high. The vowels are listed in the table below: | Thulean has 4 vowel phonemes which according to WALS is a small inventory. There are also 2 diphthongs. The consonant to vowel ratio is 13.25 which according to WALS is high. The vowels are listed in the table below: | ||
====Monophthongs==== | |||
{| border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" class="bluetable lightbluebg" style="text-align:center; border-spacing: 20px;" | {| border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" class="bluetable lightbluebg" style="text-align:center; border-spacing: 20px;" | ||
|+ | |+ | ||
|- | |- | ||
! | ! | ||
! Front | ! Front | ||
! Back | ! Back | ||
|- | |- | ||
! High | ! High | ||
| /i/ | | /i/ | ||
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|- | |- | ||
! Low | ! Low | ||
| /ɛ/ | | colspan="2"| /a/ | ||
| / | |} | ||
====Diphthongs==== | |||
{| border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" class="bluetable lightbluebg" style="text-align:center; border-spacing: 20px;" | |||
|+ | |||
|- | |||
! | |||
! Front | |||
! Back | |||
|- | |||
! Rising | |||
| /ɛ:/ | |||
| /ɔ:/ | |||
|- | |||
!Low Falling | |||
| /aɪ/ | |||
| /aʊ/ | |||
|- | |- | ||
! | !High Falling | ||
| / | | /ɔɪ/ | ||
| / | | /əʊ/ | ||
|} | |} | ||