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*The mid vowels are phonetically mid [e̞, ø̞, o̞, ɤ̞]. | *The mid vowels are phonetically mid [e̞, ø̞, o̞, ɤ̞]. | ||
*The unrounded open vowel transcribed in IPA with /ɑ/ has been described as open central [ɑ̈]. | *The unrounded open vowel transcribed in IPA with /ɑ/ has been described as open central [ɑ̈]. | ||
South Carpathian has a rich system of diphthongs. There are | South Carpathian has a rich system of diphthongs. There are seven phonemic and eleven non-phonemic diphthongs (eighteen in total). | ||
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! ä | ! ä | ||
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Phonemic diphthongs contrast with plain vowels while inflecting nouns, pronouns, adjectives and verbs. Most scholars treat non-phonemic diphthongs as sequences of two vowels. | Phonemic diphthongs contrast with plain vowels while inflecting nouns, pronouns, adjectives and verbs. Most scholars treat non-phonemic diphthongs as sequences of two vowels. | ||
===Consonants=== | ===Consonants=== | ||
Consonant clusters are not allowed word-intially in native words, and only two consonants are allowed together medially and finally, except for a very small ammount of words, like in tarstă "a big bag". However, this rule is omitted in recent loanwords, like elektronika "electronics". There is no palatalization in South Carpathian, however it was present during the Middle Ages and was lost approximately in the XVIIIth century. | Consonant clusters are not allowed word-intially in native words, and only two consonants are allowed together medially and finally, except for a very small ammount of words, like in tarstă "a big bag". However, this rule is omitted in recent loanwords, like elektronika "electronics". There is no palatalization in South Carpathian, however it was present during the Middle Ages and was lost approximately in the XVIIIth century. | ||