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-{{PAGENAME}} has a somewhat complex vowel system, with a tense-lax distinction and the effects of L-vocalization.
+{{PAGENAME}} has a moderately large vowel system.
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-Diphthongs: /iə uə aw ɛj ɛw ɛ:j ɛ:w iəw uəj/
-The vowels /ə/ and /ɨ/ occur only in unstressed syllables; they merge before ''l''.
-====''L''-colored vowels====
-L-colored vowels and diphthongs result from combinations of any vowels or diphthongs with the back liquid /ʟ/ (phonetic values are as in  {{PAGENAME}}):
-* /iː/, /iə/ + /ʟ/ > /iʟ/ [iɤˁ]
-* /ɪ/ + /ʟ/ > /ɪʟ/ [ɪɤˁ]
-* /ʊ/, /ʉː/, /uə/ + /ʟ/ > /ʊʟ/ [ʊˁː~ʊɤˁ]
-* /eː/ + /ʟ/ > /eʟ/ [eɤˁ]
-* /ɛ/ + /ʟ/ > /ɛʟ/ [ɛɤˁ]
-* /ɔ/, /ɵː/ + /ʟ/ > /ɔʟ/ [ɔˁː~ɔɤˁ]
-* /ɐ/, /aː/ + /ʟ/ > /ɑʟ/ [ɒˁː~ɑɤˁ]
-Accents that are ''lambdic'' may realize the /ʟ/ in one of several ways (pharyngealization, nasalization, [ɴ], [ʀ]). ''Non-lambdic'' accents are those in which vocalization of ''l'' after vowels is complete; the L-coloring is purely a difference in vowel quality and displays no secondary articulation.
-====Notes====
-=====Close vowels=====
-*/iː/ is close front unrounded [iː] ([[Media:Tigall_í.ogg|listen]]).
-*/iə/ is phonetically [iə] ([[Media:Tigall_é.ogg|listen]]).
-*/iʟ/ is phonetically [iːɤˁ] ([[Media:Tigall_íl.ogg|listen]]).
-*/ʉː/ is somewhat retracted close central rounded [ʉ̠ː] ([[Media:Tigall_ú.ogg|listen]]). Its rounding is protruded.
-*/uə/ is phonetically [uə] or [ʊə] ([[Media:Tigall_ó.ogg|listen]]). It is a monophthong [uː] for some speakers.
-*/ʊʟ/ is near-close back rounded [ʊ̠ˁː] ([[Media:Tigall_ul.ogg|listen]]). Its rounding is compressed.
-**In careful speech, this is a diphthong [ʊ̠ɤˁ].
-*/ɪ/ is near-close near-front unrounded [ɪ] ([[Media:Tigall_i.ogg|listen]]).
-*/ʊ/ is near-close near-back rounded [ʊ] or back rounded [ʊ̠] ([[Media:Tigall_u.ogg|listen]]). Its rounding is protruded.
-=====Mid vowels=====
-*/eː/ is close-mid front unrounded [eː] ([[Media:Tigall_aé.ogg|listen]]).
-*/eʟ/ is phonetically [eːɤˁ] ([[Media:Tigall_aél.ogg|listen]]).
-*/ɵː/ is somewhat retracted close-mid central rounded [ө̠ː] ([[Media:Tigall_aó.ogg|listen]]). Its rounding is protruded.
-*/ɔʟ/ is open-mid near-back rounded [ɔˁː]  ([[Media:Tigall_aol.ogg|listen]]). Its rounding is compressed.
-**In careful speech, this is a diphthong [oɤˁ] or [ɔɤˁ].
-*/ɛ/ is open-mid front unrounded [ɛ] or mid near-front unrounded [ɛ̽] ([[Media:Tigall_e.ogg|listen]]).
-*/ɛʟ/ is phonetically [ɛ̞ɤˁ] ([[Media:Tigall_el.ogg|listen]]).
-*[ə] is mid central unrounded [ə]. It is often fronted [ə̟] in pausa.
-*[ɤˁ] is close-mid compressed pharyngealized [ɤᵝˁ].
-*/ɔ/ is open-mid back rounded [ɔ] or mid back rounded [o̞] ([[Media:Tigall_o.ogg|listen]]). Its rounding is protruded.
-=====Open vowels=====
-*/aː/ is central unrounded [äː] ([[Media:Tigall_á.ogg|listen]]); historically, upper-class accents used [ɑː].
-*/a/ is near-open central unrounded [ɐ] ([[Media:Tigall_a.ogg|listen]]).
-*/ɑʟ/ is most often phonetically a diphthong [ɑɤˁ] or [äɤˁ] ([[Media:Tigall_ál.ogg|listen]]).
-====Umlaut====
-Vowels in the first syllable of roots may undergo i-mutation or umlaut or under the addition of some affixes.
 ===Phonotactics===