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! style="" |Close-mid All syllables are of the form CV(nasal). V is any vowel, and C is any consonant or h (pronounced as in IPA). Note that all consonan

|+ Vowel phonemes ! colspan=2 | [[w:Front vowel|Front]]

...unded]] !! [[w:Front vowel|Front]] [[w:Rounded vowel|rounded]] !! [[w:Back vowel|Back]] ! [[w:Close vowel|High]]

!'''Close-Mid''' */ɹ/ > ∅ / [vowel] _#

|+ Vowel phonemes ! !! [[w:Front vowel|Front]] !! [[w:Central vowel|Central]] !! [[w:Back vowel|Back]]

...7 | <div style="position:relative;width:300px;height:210px;">[[Image:Blank vowel trapezoid.svg|300px]]<div style="background:transparent; position:absolute; <!-- CLOSE-MID VOWELS -->

...n="2" | [[w:Front vowel|Front]] !! [[w:Central vowel|Central]] !! [[w:Back vowel|Back]] ! [[w:Close vowel|Close]]

...tch), and breathy (also pronounced with a lower pitch). However, not every vowel can occur with every kind of phonation. The possible combinations are liste ! rowspan="3"|Close-mid

title = "close front unrounded vowel", link = "w:Close front unrounded vowel",

! scope="col" | [[Front vowel|Front]] ! scope="col" | [[w:Central vowel|Central]]

...n="2" | [[w:Front vowel|Front]] !! [[w:Central vowel|Central]] !! [[w:Back vowel|Back]] ! [[w:Close vowel|Close]]

! !! [[w:Front vowel|Front]] !! [[w:Back vowel|Back]] ! [[w:Close vowel|High]]

|+ Vowel phonemes ! [[w:Front vowel|Front]]

...es fell out of use in favour of Hiragana, Katakana and Kanji, which led to vowel and consonant change, e.g. ʂ -> ʃ and the complete dropping of [ə](ã) a ...ese]]) represents the [ə] sound. Letters with "-" diacritics represent [[w:Vowel length|elongated vowels]], e.g. ⟨ā⟩, ⟨ē⟩, ⟨ū⟩, and ⟨ō⟩.

...ed either voicelessly ([θ] and [f]) or as ([d] and [v]) when followed by a vowel or voiced consonant. E.g. /gwaθ/ ⟨gbhath⟩ → ⟨gbhadd an deir⟩ [gw ...honetically, the low vowel '''a''' can be realised as a back, semi-rounded vowel [ɑʷ] before uvular consonants or as an (occasionally long) [æ] before a

...Galician, Galanego also has seven vowels, but use grave marks to distinct close-mid vowels and open-mid vowels: [format of vowel outcome]

| a || [a] || Open front unrounded vowel | e || [e] || Close mid-front unrounded vowel

Vowel inventory Vowel inventory

! !! [[w:Front vowel|Front]] !! [[w:Central vowel|Central]] !! [[w:Back vowel|Back]] ! [[w:Close vowel|High]]

* This eliminates a phoneme from the inventory, reducing it to an 8-vowel system, with /a/, /i/ and /u/ retaining the length distintions and /e/ and |'''Vowels rearrange''' to a 10 vowel system in open syllables, and a 5 vowel system in closed syllables.