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===Vowels=== | ===Vowels=== | ||
Atlantean's phonetic inventory includes a vowel system with five [[phoneme]]s. Most vowels have two prominent [[allophone|allophonic]] realizations, depending on whether it occurs in a stressed or unstressed syllable. | Atlantean's phonetic inventory includes a vowel system with five [[w:phoneme]]s. Most vowels have two prominent [[w:allophone|allophonic]] realizations, depending on whether it occurs in a stressed or unstressed syllable. | ||
{| align="center" class="wikitable" style="float: none; text-align: center" | {| align="center" class="wikitable" style="float: none; text-align: center" | ||
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|+[[International Phonetic Alphabet|IPA]] chart of Atlantean vowels | |+[[w:International Phonetic Alphabet|IPA]] chart of Atlantean vowels | ||
|rowspan=2 | | |rowspan=2 | | ||
|colspan=2 | [[Front vowel|Front]] | |colspan=2 | [[w:Front vowel|Front]] | ||
|colspan=2 | [[Central vowel|Central]] | |colspan=2 | [[w:Central vowel|Central]] | ||
|colspan=2 | [[Back vowel|'''Back''']] | |colspan=2 | [[w:Back vowel|'''Back''']] | ||
|- | |- | ||
| <small>Tense</small> | | <small>Tense</small> | ||
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| <small>Lax</small> | | <small>Lax</small> | ||
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| [[Close vowel|High]] | | [[w:Close vowel|High]] | ||
| {{IPA|i}} | | {{IPA|i}} | ||
| {{IPA|ɪ}} | | {{IPA|ɪ}} | ||
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| {{IPA|ʊ}} | | {{IPA|ʊ}} | ||
|- | |- | ||
| [[Close-mid vowel|Mid]] | | [[w:Close-mid vowel|Mid]] | ||
| {{IPA|e}} | | {{IPA|e}} | ||
| {{IPA|ɛ}} | | {{IPA|ɛ}} | ||
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| {{IPA|ɔ}} | | {{IPA|ɔ}} | ||
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| [[Open vowel|Low]] | | [[w:Open vowel|Low]] | ||
|colspan=2| | |colspan=2| | ||
| {{IPA|a}} | | {{IPA|a}} | ||
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Vowels in stressed syllables tend to be [[tenseness|tense]], and likewise unstressed ones tend to be more lax. Thus, for example, {{IPA|/i/}} is realized as | Vowels in stressed syllables tend to be [[w:tenseness|tense]], and likewise unstressed ones tend to be more lax. Thus, for example, {{IPA|/i/}} is realized as /i/ or /ɪ/ in stressed and unstressed syllables, respectively. Likewise, {{IPA|/e/}} is realized as /e/ or /ɛ/, and so on. There are three diphthongs, namely ''ay, ey, oy''. | ||
Aside from the stressed-syllable-based vowel system, the only other example of prominent phonological phenomenon seems to be a special kind of [[sandhi]] occurring in verbs, when the pronoun is combined with the aspect marker. | Aside from the stressed-syllable-based vowel system, the only other example of prominent phonological phenomenon seems to be a special kind of [[w:sandhi]] occurring in verbs, when the pronoun is combined with the aspect marker. | ||
When the suffix for the first person singular -''ik'' combines with tenses that employ -i, -o (Past and Future tenses), it becomes -''mik''.<br /> | When the suffix for the first person singular -''ik'' combines with tenses that employ -i, -o (Past and Future tenses), it becomes -''mik''.<br /> | ||