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===Vowels and Diphthongs=== | ===Vowels and Diphthongs=== | ||
{| class="nounderlines" cellspacing="0px" cellpadding=0 style="text-align:center; background:transparent;" | |||
|- style="text-align:center; font-size:smaller;" | |||
|| | |||
| style="width:60px;" | '''Front''' | |||
| style="width:60px;" | | |||
| style="width:60px;" | '''Central''' | |||
| style="width:60px;" | | |||
| style="width:60px;" | '''Back''' | |||
|- | |||
| style="height:30px; font-size:smaller; text-align:right;" | '''Close''' | |||
| style="height:210px;" colspan=5 rowspan=7 | <div style="position:relative;width:300px;height:210px;">[[Image:Blank vowel trapezoid.svg|300px]]<div style="background:transparent; position:absolute; top:0px; left:0px;"> | |||
{| style="position:relative; width:300px; height:210px; text-align:center; background:transparent;" | |||
|- | |||
| style="width:300px; height:210px; text-align:center; background:transparent;" | | |||
<!-- CLOSE VOWELS --> | |||
<div style="position:absolute; left:5%; width:2.33em; top:0%; height:1.33em; font-size:120%; background:white;">{{IPA|i}}</div> | |||
<div style="position:absolute; left:82%; width:3em; top:0%; height:1.33em; font-size:120%; background:white;">{{IPA|u}}</div> | |||
<!-- NEAR-CLOSE VOWELS --> | |||
<!-- CLOSE-MID VOWELS --> | |||
<div style="position:absolute; left:16%; width:2.66em; top:28%; height:1.33em; font-size:120%; background:white;"> | |||
{{IPA|e}}</div> | |||
<!-- MID VOWELS --> | |||
<!-- OPEN-MID VOWELS --> | |||
<div style="position:absolute; left:28%; width:2.66em; top:56%; height:1.33em; font-size:120%; background:white;"> | |||
{{IPA|ɛ}}</div> | |||
<!-- NEAR-OPEN VOWELS --> | |||
<!-- OPEN VOWELS --> | |||
<div style="position:absolute; left:43%; width:2.66em; top:84%; height:1.33em; font-size:120%; background:white;"> | |||
{{IPA|a}}</div> | |||
|} | |||
</div></div> | |||
|- | |||
| style="height:30px; font-size:smaller; text-align:right;" | '''Near‑close''' | |||
|- | |||
| style="height:30px; font-size:smaller; text-align:right;" | '''Close‑mid''' | |||
|- | |||
| style="height:30px; font-size:smaller; text-align:right;" | '''Mid''' | |||
|- | |||
| style="height:30px; font-size:smaller; text-align:right;" | '''Open‑mid''' | |||
|- | |||
| style="height:30px; font-size:smaller; text-align:right;" | '''Near‑open''' | |||
|- | |||
| style="height:30px; font-size:smaller; text-align:right;" | '''Open''' | |||
|} | |||
'''Ahāmatya''' has four short vowels and four long vowels, a distinction manifested as the long vowels' sound being held twice as long as short vowels' sound. | '''Ahāmatya''' has four short vowels and four long vowels, a distinction manifested as the long vowels' sound being held twice as long as short vowels' sound. | ||