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 ==Morphophonology==
-Each of the eleven consonants is associated with a ''primary'' vowel and vice versa. The primary vowels are all the monophthongs /a aː e eː i iː o oː u uː/ plus the diphthong /ai/. These pairs are relevant for ''inversions'' and ''conversions'' such as the noun '''k_j_m_''' ('the dog') which converts to the verb '''_uu_o_i''' ('be a dog').
+The vowels of Letaale can be divided into two types:
+# '''Primary vowels''': the monophthongs /a aː e eː i iː o oː u uː/ and the diphthong /ai/
+# '''Secondary vowels''': the remaining diphthongs /au eo ia io iu ua ue ui/
+Each of the eleven primary vowels is associated with a single consonant and vice versa. These pairs are relevant for ''inversions'' and ''conversions'' in trisyllabic word-clauses, such as the noun '''k_j_m_''' ('the dog') which converts to the verb '''_uu_o_i''' ('be a dog').
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 All trisyllabic lemmas are composed of three of the resulting syllables. For example '''''jotaale''''' is allowable as a lemma whereas '''''jitaale''''' is not because '''j''' and '''i''' are not a pair.
-Quadrisyllabic lemmas begin with a '''CVV''' prefix containing a secondary vowel. Secondary vowels are /au eo ia io iu ua ue ui/ and then consist of syllables containing primary vowels with no requirement that the vowels appear in a syllable with any particular consonant. For example, '''nuajitailu''' is a valid quadrisyllabic lemma because the first syllable contains a secondary vowel and the final three syllables contain primary vowels.
+Secondary vowels are not associated with any particular consonant and only appear in clitics and naming prefixes. These prefixes are always unstressed.
 ==Morphology==