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====Nasal vowels==== | ====Nasal vowels==== | ||
Eevo has nasal vowels, which arose from historical V + /l/ sequences. | Eevo has nasal vowels, which arose from historical V + /l/ sequences. | ||
In many accents nasal vowels may also be diphthongized [iw̃ yw̃ uw̃ ew̃ øw̃ əw̃ ow̃ ɛw̃ œw̃ ɔ̃w aw̃] or pharyngealized [ĩˤ ỹˤ ũˤ ẽˤ ø̃ˤ ə̃ˤ õˤ ɛ̃ˤ ɔ̃ˤ ãˤ]. Some accents realize them as long vowels (with no nasalization). A handful of remote dialects pronounce them as pharyngealized vowels or vowels followed by [ɫ]. | In many accents nasal vowels may also be diphthongized (say, [iw̃ yw̃ uw̃ ew̃ øw̃ əw̃ ow̃ ɛw̃ œw̃ ɔ̃w aw̃]) or pharyngealized (say, [ĩˤ ỹˤ ũˤ ẽˤ ø̃ˤ ə̃ˤ õˤ ɛ̃ˤ ɔ̃ˤ ãˤ]). Some accents realize them as long vowels (with no nasalization). A handful of remote dialects pronounce them as pharyngealized vowels or vowels followed by [ɫ]. | ||
This is how nasal vowels are written in the orthography: | This is how nasal vowels are written in the orthography: | ||