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'''NB''': With the (partial) exception of this section (''Phonology''), this article generally uses orthographic representations rather than IPA when discussing phonemes. | '''NB''': With the (partial) exception of this section (''Phonology''), this article generally uses orthographic representations rather than IPA when discussing phonemes. | ||
====Diphthongs==== | ====Diphthongs==== | ||
Daùnare features eleven diphthongs, not including the so-called iotified vowels and labialised vowels which are treated separately. Diphthongs can end in [ɪ̯], [ʊ̯], or [ʌ̯]; the latter also known as ''hiatus vowels''. Diphthongs can be formed by any vowel that is not "too close" to the final vowel. Specifically: | |||
* Diphthongs ending in [ɪ̯] can be formed by any vowel other than the close and close-mid front vowels. | |||
* Diphthongs ending in [ʊ̯] can be formed by any vowel other than back vowels. | |||
* Diphthongs ending in [ʌ̯] (hiatus vowels) can be formed by any vowel other than the open and open-mid vowels. | |||
The only notable exception is that there is no diphthong /eʊ̯/; this is because diphthongs beginning with /ɛ/ are orthographically represented with ⟨e⟩ rather than ⟨æ⟩, which has resulted in what used to be the /eʊ̯/ diphthong merging into the (still-extant) /ɛʊ̯/ diphthong. | |||
In summary, the following diphthongs exist: | |||
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; vertical-align:middle;" | {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; vertical-align:middle;" | ||
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| ɛɪ̯ | | ɛɪ̯ | ||
| ɛʊ̯ | | ɛʊ̯ | ||
| style="background-color: # | | style="background-color: #ccc;" rowspan=2 | | ||
|- | |- | ||
! a | ! a | ||
| aɪ̯ | | aɪ̯ | ||
| aʊ̯ | | aʊ̯ | ||
|- | |- | ||
! o | ! o | ||
| oɪ̯ | | oɪ̯ | ||
| style="background-color: # | | style="background-color: #ccc; border-left:none;" rowspan=3 | | ||
| oʌ̯ | | oʌ̯ | ||
|- | |- | ||
! u | ! u | ||
| uɪ̯ | | uɪ̯ | ||
| uʌ̯ | | uʌ̯ | ||
|- | |- | ||
! e | ! e | ||
| style="background-color: # | | style="background-color: #ccc; border-right:none;" rowspan=2 | | ||
| eʌ̯ | | eʌ̯ | ||
|- | |- | ||
! i | ! i | ||
| iʊ̯ | | iʊ̯ | ||
| iʌ̯ | | iʌ̯ | ||
|} | |} | ||
====Iotified vowels==== | ====Iotified vowels==== |
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