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====Vowel allophony====
====Vowel allophony====
The Attian language's vowels exposed to a great deal of allophony, in different phonological circumstances and when subjects to stress. Vowels may change their quality when:
:''For more information, go to [[Attian/Phonology]]''
Dialectal or colloquial variances in the Attian language includes vowel allophony. When subjects to stress, vowels may change their quality:
*Preceding palato-velar or glottal consonants. This retracts articulation of front vowels, and leaves back vowels unaffected.
*Preceding palato-velar or glottal consonants. This retracts articulation of front vowels, and leaves back vowels unaffected.
*Preceding rhotic consonants, i.e. /r̥/. Vowels preceding the rhotic become supradentalised if back, and unaffected if front vowels.
*Preceding rhotic consonants, i.e. /r̥/. Vowels preceding the rhotic become supradentalised if back, and unaffected if front vowels.
*In a stressed syllable. The language has a [[Attian#Stress|moraic stress system]], thus distinguishing the weight of syllables - the heavier the syllable, the greater chance of being stressed. Interestingly, the heaviest syllable is reinforced when stressed, which changes the vowel's quality or diphthongising it.
*In a stressed syllable. The language has a [[Attian#Stress|moraic stress system]], thus distinguishing the weight of syllables - the heavier the syllable, the greater chance of being stressed.
 
It is important to note that none of the diphthongs are affected by the allophony, and nor are any monosyllables.
{| class="bluetable lightbluebg collapsible collapsed" style="width: 400px; text-align: center;"
|+
! colspan="5" | Allophony
|-
! Grapheme
! Basic
! Before palato-velars
! Before rhotics
! Stressed
|-
! i
|i
|ə
|i
|ɛi̯
|-
! e
|ɛ
|ə
|ɛ
|ɛi̯
|-
! u
| colspan="2"|u
| rowspan="3"|ʊ
| colspan="1" rowspan="3"|oʊ̯
|-
! o
| colspan="2"|ɤ
|-
! ō
| colspan="2"|o
|-
! ā
| colspan="2" rowspan="1"|ø
|øː
|ə
|-
! ē
| colspan="3" rowspan="1"|œ
|ə
|-
! a
|a
|ɑː
|aː
|a̯ɑː
|}
The allophonic pronunciation is  not compulsory, but should be aspired for, to imitate a "native" pronunciation.
*And as previously described, are monosyllables unaffected by the syllable reinforcement.


==Phonotactics==
==Phonotactics==
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