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Ahakqau has a total of three monophthongs and six diphthongs making a total of | Ahakqau has a total of three short monophthongs, three long monophthings and six diphthongs making a total of twelve phonological vowels. Long monophthongs are realised as diphthongs but patterb with the short monophthongs. According to WALS, which only considers the quality of monophthongs, this is a small vowel quality inventory. | ||
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! !! Front!! Central!! Back | ! !! Short Front!! Long Front!!Short Central!!Long Central!! Short Back!!Long Back | ||
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| '''High Monophthong'''|| /i/|| ||/u/ | | '''High Monophthong'''|| /i/||/eɪ||||||/u/||/oʊ/ | ||
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| '''Low Monophthong''' || || /ä/|| | | '''Low Monophthong''' || || || /ä/||/ɛə/|| || | ||
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Diphthongs: /ɛʊ/, /iə/, /ɔɪ/, /uə/, /aɪ/, /ɑʊ/ | Diphthongs: /ɛʊ/, /iə/, /ɔɪ/, /uə/, /aɪ/, /ɑʊ/ | ||
[[Category:Languages]] | [[Category:Languages]] | ||