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Diphthongs: '''ai ao ei ou iu''' /aj aw ej əw jəw/ | Diphthongs: '''ai ao ei ou iu''' /aj aw ej əw jəw/ | ||
====R-colored vowels==== | ====R-colored vowels==== | ||
*ar, àr, /ɔɯ/ | |||
*ar, àr, /ɔɯ | *er, èr, air, aor /aɯ/ | ||
*er, èr, air, aor /aɯ | *è /ɤː/ | ||
*è /ɤː | *ir, ìr, iur /(j)ɤː/ | ||
*ir, ìr, iur /(j)ɤː | *or, òr /oɯ/ | ||
*or, òr /oɯ | *ür, ǜr /ɥɤː/ | ||
*ür, ǜr /ɥɤː | *ur, ùr /wɤː/ | ||
*ur, ùr /wɤː | *eir, ier, ièr /ɛɯ/ | ||
*eir, ier, ièr /ɛɯ | *final -ar = /aɯ/ | ||
*final -ar = /aɯ | *final -er = /ɯ/ | ||
*final -er = /ɯ | |||
===Phonotactics=== | ===Phonotactics=== | ||
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The Tùmakan dialect has a pitch accent system which may be the most complex in any Talman language: The vowel length distinction has turned into tone; it also uses definite suffixes which trigger tonal distinctions, giving 3 or 4 tonal distinctions in total. | The Tùmakan dialect has a pitch accent system which may be the most complex in any Talman language: The vowel length distinction has turned into tone; it also uses definite suffixes which trigger tonal distinctions, giving 3 or 4 tonal distinctions in total. | ||
Tùmakan uses an RP- | Tùmakan uses an RP-like pronunciation for R-colored vowels. Linking R is used, unlike in Standard Qenian. | ||
*or, òr, ò /oː(ɹ)/ | *or, òr, ò /oː(ɹ)/ | ||
*ar, àr, à /ɑː(ɹ)/ | *ar, àr, à /ɑː(ɹ)/ | ||