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'''Close Vowels''' | |||
* /iː/ ‹İ i› is only permitted when [V-] and before coronal consonants | |||
** /j/ ‹J j› is a permissible replacement between two single consonants, or when ‹İ i› is singular. | |||
** /iː/ ‹Y y› is only permitted before /g p b x ɣ v/ | |||
*** /i/ appears outside its usual positions in some foreign-derived words. | |||
** /ɨː/ ‹Ÿ ÿ› is only permitted when [-V] and where [C] is /k p x f/ | |||
*** Before /k/, ‹Ÿ ÿ› is written as ‹İ i›, where ‹İ i› is expected after ‹Qu qu› | |||
*** /ɨː/ ‹Ÿ ÿ› contrasts with /iː/ ‹Y y› before /p x/ | |||
* /iː/ ‹İJ ij› is permitted when [V-] and before coronal consonants. | |||
* The vowels /ɨː/ and /iː/ are considered to rhyme in poetry out of tradition, as in the past /ɨ/ was closer to [ɪ], which is acoustically more similar to [i]. | |||
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'''Close-Mid vs. Open-Mid Vowels''' | |||
* Close-Mid and Open-Mid vowels are usually in complementary distinction: | |||
** Open-Syllable é ő ó [eː øː oː] | |||
** Closed-Syllable ė ö o [ɛ œ ɔ] | |||
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However, they do form minimal pairs in certain environments: | |||
* Word-Final | |||
** é [-eː] vs. ė [-ɛ] | |||
** ő [-øː] vs. ö [-œ] | |||
** ó [-oː] vs. o [-ɔ] | |||
* Closed Monosyllables: | |||
** [CøːC] vs. [CœC] | |||
** [CoːC] vs. [CɔC] | |||
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'''Open Vowels''' | |||
* á /ɑː/ and å /ɒː/ | |||
** a /ɑː/ and å /ɒː/ appear in complementary distribution in stressed syllables | |||
**** In unstressed syllables, á /ɑː/ may be reduced to [ə] | |||
** å /ɒː/ appears where it was an Old á /ɑː/ | |||
* á /ɑː/ and a /ɐ/ | |||
** á /ɑː/ appears in stressed syllables only | |||
** a /ɐ/ is a shortened /ɑː/ in unstressed syllables | |||
* á /ɑː/ and a̋ /æː/ | |||
** á /ɑː/ appears in morphemes with all back vowels | |||
** a̋ /æː/ appears as a fronted /ɑː/ in morphemes with all front vowels | |||
* a̋ /æː/ and ä /ɛ/ | |||
** a̋ /æː/ appears in stressed syllables only | |||
** ä /ɛ/ is a shortened a̋ /æː/ in unstressed syllables | |||
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'''Schwa''' | |||
* The schwa /ə/ is a very unstable phoneme which tends to merge with other vowels or be elided entirely. The schwa merges with /ø/ in the following environments: | |||
** [əσe] or [əσi] | |||
* In certain environments, it is elided entirely: | |||
** [σ-əC-σ] | |||
* It is sometimes pronounced in these environments: | |||
** [-ə.C-] | |||
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'''Nasal Vowels''' | |||
* Nasal [Ṽ] appears in stressed syllables only, in contrast with oral vowels. | |||
* Nasal Contrast | |||
** Nasal vowels contrast with oral vowels only before fricatives and velar/glottal consonants. | |||
* Nasal Metaphony | |||
** Nasalization is phonemic only in the vowel marked as nasal | |||
* Nasal Metaphony is progressive (i.e. left to right), meaning that all vowels to the right of the nasal vowel are nasalized. | |||
** This nasalization of surrounding vowels is allophonic and non-phonemic. | |||
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===Vowel Harmony=== | ===Vowel Harmony=== | ||