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Each vowel may be 'strong' or 'weak'. These are essentially stressed and unstressed. There is only ever one 'strong' vowel per word and it is nearly always the final vowel. Where it is not, it is always the penultimate vowel and the in that case the final vowel is always /i/ or /u/. Non-final strong vowels are indicated in the romanisation using an acute accent, ‹áéíóú›. | Each vowel may be 'strong' or 'weak'. These are essentially stressed and unstressed. There is only ever one 'strong' vowel per word and it is nearly always the final vowel. Where it is not, it is always the penultimate vowel and the in that case the final vowel is always /i/ or /u/. Non-final strong vowels are indicated in the romanisation using an acute accent, ‹áéíóú›. | ||
The realisation of strong vowels varies across accents. There appears to be a cline ranging from a pitch-based pronunciation | The realisation of strong vowels varies across accents. There appears to be a cline ranging from a pitch-based pronunciation to a weight-based pronunciation (used chiefly by men). At the pitch-based end of the spectrum, 'strong' vowels are pronounced with a high tone and 'weak' vowels with a low-tone. At the end of a non-interrogative utterance, a high-tone becomes a falling tone. At the end of a question, a high tone may be lengthened and/or undergo an additional rise. At the weight-based extreme, strong vowels cause gemination of the following consonant but are pronounced as long themselves when the following sound is (1) a vowel, (2) a consonant cluster or (3) an already geminated consonant. Utterance finally, strong vowels are generally neither pronounced with a high tone nor lengthened but are usually pronounced slightly louder. | ||
The high vowels, /i/ and /u/, when 'weak' and adjacent to another vowel are pronounced non-syllabically as [i̯~j] and [u̯~w]). Non-syllabic /i/ merges with and palatalises any preceding dental/alveolar consonant. | The high vowels, /i/ and /u/, when 'weak' and adjacent to another vowel are pronounced non-syllabically as [i̯~j] and [u̯~w]). Non-syllabic /i/ merges with and palatalises any preceding dental/alveolar consonant. | ||
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In these two word examples, the pitch-based pronunciation is given before the weight-based pronunciation. | In these two word examples, the pitch-based pronunciation is given before the weight-based pronunciation. | ||
:*'''ju muja''' [ | :*'''ju muja''' [ʒúmùʒâ] ~ [ʒumːuˈʒa] | ||
:*'''ju aio''' [ | :*'''ju aio''' [ʒúàjô] ~ [ʒuːaˈjo] | ||
:*'''ju uaia''' [ | :*'''ju uaia''' [ʒúwàjâ] [ʒuːwaˈja] | ||
:*'''ju ntu''' [ | :*'''ju ntu''' [ʒúntû] ~ [ʒu:nˈtu] | ||
:*'''ju lleue''' [ | :*'''ju lleue''' [ʒúlːèwê] ~ [ʒuːlːeˈwe] | ||
===Consonants=== | ===Consonants=== | ||