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'''ie yø uo il/íl yl/ýl el él øl ǿl''' /iə yə uə ɪɤˁ ʏɤˁ ɛɤˁ eɤˁ œɤˁ øɤˁ/ | '''ie yø uo il/íl yl/ýl el él øl ǿl''' /iə yə uə ɪɤˁ ʏɤˁ ɛɤˁ eɤˁ œɤˁ øɤˁ/ | ||
====Notes==== | |||
=====Close vowels===== | |||
*/iː/ is close front unrounded [iː]. | |||
*/yː/ is close front rounded [yː]. Its rounding is compressed. | |||
*/ʉː/ is somewhat retracted close central rounded [ʉ̠ː]. Its rounding is protruded. | |||
*/ʊˁː/ is near-close back rounded [ʊ̠ˁː]. Its rounding is compressed. | |||
**In careful speech, this is a diphthong [ʊ̠ɤˁ]. | |||
*/ɪ/ is near-close near-front unrounded [ɪ] or close-mid near-front unrounded [e̠]. | |||
*/ʏ/ is near-close near-front rounded [ʏ]. Its rounding is compressed. | |||
*/ʊ/ is near-close near-back rounded [ʊ] or back rounded [ʊ̠]. Its rounding is protruded. | |||
=====Mid vowels===== | |||
*/eː/ is close-mid front unrounded [eː]. | |||
**Some non-standard accents use [eɪ]. | |||
*/øː/ is close-mid near-front rounded [øː] or mid front rounded [ø̞ː]. Its rounding is compressed. | |||
**Some non-standard accents use [øʏ]. | |||
*/ɵː/ is somewhat retracted close-mid central rounded [ө̠ː]. Its rounding is protruded. | |||
**Some non-standard accents use [өʉ]. | |||
*/ɔˁː/ is open-mid near-back rounded [ɔˁː]. Its rounding is compressed. | |||
**In careful speech, this is a diphthong [ʌɤˁ] or [ɔɤˁ]. | |||
*/ɛ/ is open-mid front unrounded [ɛ] or mid near-front unrounded [ɛ̽]. | |||
*/œ/ is open-mid near-front rounded [œ]. Its rounding is compressed. | |||
*[ə] is mid central unrounded [ə]. It is often fronted [ə̟] when word-final. | |||
*[ɤˁ] is close-mid compressed pharyngealized [ɤᵝˁ]. | |||
*/ɔ/ is open-mid back rounded [ɔ] or mid back rounded [o̞]. Its rounding is protruded. | |||
=====Open vowels===== | |||
*/ɐ/ is near-open central unrounded [ɐ]. | |||
*/aː/ is open front unrounded front [aː], or near-open front unrounded [æː]. | |||
*/ɒˁː/ is most often phonetically a diphthong [ɒɤˁ] or [äɤˁ]. | |||
====Umlaut==== | |||
Words may undergo i-umlaut or u-umlaut under the addition of some affixes. | |||
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!|Root vowel | |||
!''a''!!''a''!!''e''!!''é''!!''i''!!''í''!!''ie''!!''o''!!''ó''!!''u''!!''ú''!!''uo'' | |||
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!|u-umlaut | |||
|''o''||''ó''||''ø''||''ǿ''||''y''||''ý''||''yø''||''-''||''-''||''-''||''-''||''-'' | |||
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!|i-umlaut | |||
|''e''||''é''||''-''||''-''||''-''||''-''||''-''||''ø''||''ǿ''||''y''||''ý''||''yø'' | |||
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====L-colored vowels==== | |||
==Morphology== | ==Morphology== |
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