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 ===Vowels===
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-|text='''Ptḗgna i rháki? Tān ptḗgi i khrísti!'''
+|text='''Ptougna i rhaki? Indroui ptegoun i khristi!'''
 |sign=''Common Ris saying''
 |source=Idioms and phrases in Ris: An analysis. pg. 34
-|about= The saying '''The hollow triangle? Rather the Christmas tree!''' is a nationalist idiom which represents the Ris people's belief that their language is superior to that of their neighbours. This is due to their vowel inventory creating an image of either an hollow triangle, or a pine tree.
+|about= The saying '''The hollow triangle? Rather the Christmas tree!''' is a anti-nationalist idiom which represents the Ris people's belief that their language is inferior to that of their neighbours. This is due to their vowel inventory creating an image of either an hollow triangle, or a pine tree.
-}}-->
+}}
-There are 7 [[w:vowel|vowel]] phonemes in the Ris language. In Ris, the system of vowels are known as ''ptégna i rhaki'' - 'the hollow triangle', due to their symmetrical places of articulation.
+There are 8 [[w:vowel|vowel]] phonemes in the Ris language. In Ris, the system of vowels are known as ''ptougna i rhaki'' - 'the hollow triangle', due to their symmetrical places of articulation.
-All vowels may be long, but the phonemes /ɛ/ and /ɔ/ change their quality when long; they are then pronounced /eː/ and /oː/ respectively.
+All vowels are lengthened when stressed, but the phonemes /ɛ/ and /ɔ/ are the only ones that change their quality; they are pronounced /eː/ and /oː/ respectively.
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-|'''ý''' /ʉː/
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-|'''í '''/ɪː/
+|'''i '''/ɪː/
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-|'''oú '''/ʊː/
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-|'''é''' /eː/
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-|'''ó''' /oː/
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-|'''á '''/äː/
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-Other than that, my vowels are rather simple. No mystics quirks at all. Well, that's if you choose to ignore the [[w:vowel harmony|vowel harmony]] and [[w:umlaut|umlaut]] process in the '''Damian dialect'''. Makes it a tad more interesting, in my opinion.
+Other than that, my vowels are rather simple. No mystics quirks at all. Well, that's if you choose to ignore the [[w:vowel harmony|vowel harmony]] and [[w:umlaut|umlaut]] process in the '''Mirskya dialect'''. Makes it a tad more interesting, in my opinion.
 ==Orthography==