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===Vowels===
===Vowels===
{{SUBPAGENAME}} has a moderately large vowel system (7 vowel qualities).
"Non-rhotic Mandarin"
 
{| border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" class="greentable lightgreenbg" style="text-align:center;"
|+ '''{{SUBPAGENAME}} vowels'''
|-
! rowspan="3" |
! colspan="2" |Front
! colspan="2" |Central
! colspan="3" |Back
|-
! colspan="2" style="" |<small>unrounded</small>
! style=" " |<small>unrounded</small>
! style=" " |<small>rounded</small>
! style=" " |<small>unrounded</small>
! style=" " |<small>rounded</small>
|-
!style=" "|<small>short</small>
!style=" "|<small>long</small>
!style=" "|<small>short</small>
!style=" "|<small>long</small>
!style=" "|<small>short</small>
!style=" "|<small>long</small>
|-
! style="" |Close
| '''i''' /ɪ/
| '''ii''' /iː/
|
|
| '''u''' /ʊ/
| '''uu''' /uː/
|-
! style="" |Mid
|
| '''ee''' /eː/
| [ə]
|
|
| '''oo''' /oː/
|-
! style="" |Open-mid
| '''e''' /ɛ/
| '''ea''' /ɛː/
|
|
| '''o''' /ɔ/
| '''oa''' /ɔː/
|-
! style="" |Open
|
|
| '''a''' /a/
| '''aa''' /aː/
|
|
|}
 
There are also two diphthongs: '''ia''' /iə/ and '''ua''' /uə/.


===Phonotactics===
===Phonotactics===
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