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====Labialised vowels==== | ====Labialised vowels==== | ||
ʊ̯ɛ ʊ̯a ʊ̯e ʊ̯i | Any non-back vowel can be labialised, i.e. the following labialised vowels exist: /ʊ̯ɛ ʊ̯a ʊ̯e ʊ̯i/. Iotation is orthographically represented through diacritics – specifically, the breve. | ||
The use of ⟨ʊ̯⟩ to represent the onset of these vowels (or diphthongs) phonetically is by convention, as there nominally exists no independent **/w/ phoneme, but the realisation is functionally [j]. | |||
In the standard language, these vowels are pronounced as such, but in many dialects, one of two things has happened: | |||
# labialisation of the preceding consonant, or | |||
# monophthongisation and compensatory lengthening to [œː ɔː øː yː] | |||
====Vowel reduction==== | ====Vowel reduction==== | ||
In unstressed syllables, short monophthongs: | In unstressed syllables, short monophthongs reduce as follows: | ||
* /e, i/ → [ɪ] | * /e, i/ → [ɪ] | ||
* /o, u/ → [ʊ] | * /o, u/ → [ʊ] | ||
* /a, ɛ/ → [ʌ] | * /a, ɛ/ → [ʌ] | ||
Diphthongs cannot reduce, and must therefore always be stressed. | |||
===Consonants=== | ===Consonants=== | ||