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! !! open | ! !! open !! ''open front'' !! mid !! close !! rounded !! ''front rounded'' !! neutral | ||
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| '''Plain''' || a || æ || e || i || o || œ || ø | | '''Plain''' || a || æ || e || i || o || œ || ø | ||
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The letters <æ> & <œ> (and their variants) are only found in loanwords. | The letters <æ> & <œ> (and their variants) are only found in loanwords. | ||
=== "Native" vowels === | |||
The five "native" vowels are very large targets, having basically the following goal points: | |||
* open | |||
* mid | |||
* close | |||
* rounded | |||
* neutral | |||
The open and rounded vowels tend to be backed, while the mid and close vowels tend to be fronted. The neutral vowel is a mid-central schwa, but can be fairly flexibly pronounced to provide disharmony with the preceding vowel. | |||
=== "Foreign" vowels === | |||
Additionally, two explicitly-fronted vowels may be found in loanwords | |||
* front rounded | |||
* open front | |||
They are each only explicitly written as separate letters if they contrast with a non-front alternative within the same word (for which the native / "normal" letter is used). | |||
== Consonants == | == Consonants == | ||