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Themsaran has six vowels, short and long. Short vowels have one mora (except for epenthetic ''e'' which has zero morae), and long vowels have two morae. Short vowels in open syllables were pronounced approximately 1.5 times as long as short vowels in closed syllables; long vowels in closed syllables, 2.5 times as long; open long vowels, thrice as long.
Themsaran has six vowels, short and long. Short vowels have one mora (except for epenthetic ''e'' which has zero morae), and long vowels have two morae. Short vowels in open syllables were pronounced approximately 1.5 times as long as short vowels in closed syllables; long vowels in closed syllables, 2.5 times as long; open long vowels, thrice as long.
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! style="width: 90px; "|
! rowspan="2" style="width: 90px; "|
! style="width: 90px; " |Front
! colspan="2" style="width: 90px; " |Front
! style="width: 90px; " |Central
! colspan="2" style="width: 90px; " |Central
! style="width: 90px; " |Back
! colspan="2" style="width: 90px; " |Back
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!style="width: 45px; "|<small>short</small>
!style="width: 45px; "|<small>long</small>
!style="width: 45px; "|<small>short</small>
!style="width: 45px; "|<small>long</small>
!style="width: 45px; "|<small>short</small>
!style="width: 45px; "|<small>long</small>
|-
|-
! style="" |Close
! style="" |Close
| '''i''' /i/ '''ī''' /iː/
| '''i''' /i/
| '''y''' /ʉ̜/ '''ȳ''' /ʉ̜ː/
| '''ī''' /iː/
| '''u''' /u/ '''ū''' /uː/
| '''y''' /ʉ̜/
| '''ȳ''' /ʉ̜ː/
| '''u''' /u/
| '''ū''' /uː/
|-
|-
! style="" |Mid
! style="" |Mid
| '''e''' /e̞/ '''ē''' /e̞ː/
| '''e''' /e̞/
| '''ē''' /e̞ː/
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|  
|  
| '''o''' /o̞/ '''ō''' /o̞ː/
| '''o''' /o̞/
| '''ō''' /o̞ː/
|-
|-
! style="" |Open
! style="" |Open
|
|  
|  
| '''a''' /a/ '''ā''' /aː/
| '''a''' /a/
| '''ā''' /aː/
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|  
|  
|}
|}