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===Vowels=== | ===Vowels=== | ||
Grayis vowels have phonemic length, and phonetic differences based on stress. Where unstressed vowels have a different phonetic realization, it appears on the right of the tilde in square brackets. | |||
{| {{Table/bluetable}} style="text-align:center; vertical-align:middle" | {| {{Table/bluetable}} style="text-align:center; vertical-align:middle" | ||
!colspan=4|Short Vowels: | |||
!colspan=4|Long Vowels: | |||
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! | !width="50"| | ||
!'''Front''' | !width="50"|'''Front''' | ||
!'''Central''' | !width="50"|'''Central''' | ||
!'''Back''' | !width="50"|'''Back''' | ||
!width="50"| | |||
!width="50"|'''Front''' | |||
!width="50"|'''Central''' | |||
!width="50"|'''Back''' | |||
|- | |- | ||
!'''High''' | !'''High''' | ||
|'''i | |'''i'''<br />[i ~ i] | ||
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|'''u | |'''u'''<br />[u ~ ʊ] | ||
!'''High''' | |||
|'''ī'''<br />[iː] | |||
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|'''ū'''<br />[uː] | |||
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!'''Mid''' | !'''Mid''' | ||
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|'''au'''<br />[o̞ː | | | ||
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!'''Mid''' | |||
|'''ai'''<br />[ai̯ ~ e̞ː] | |||
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|'''au'''<br />[au̯ ~ o̞ː] | |||
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!'''Low''' | !'''Low''' | ||
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|'''a | |'''a'''<br />[ä] | ||
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!'''Low''' | |||
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|'''ā'''<br />[äː] | |||
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