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 When stressed, these vowels have the tense cardinal pronunciations of [i e a o u]. When unstressed, they tend to weaken towards [ɪ ɛ ɐ ɔ ʊ].
-Each vowel constitutes a ''mora'' or time unit of speech. Vowels may appear together in "couplets" (bimoraic pairs) as illustrated in the following table.
+Each vowel constitutes a ''mora'' or time unit of speech. Vowels may appear together in "couplets" (bimoraic pairs) as illustrated in the following table. The existence of couplets is important in understanding stress, syllabification and allowable vowel clusters within a word.
 {| class="bluetable lightbluebg"
 |+ '''Vowel couplets'''
 |-
-!  !! -i !! -e !! -a !! -o !! -u
+!  !! Ending in -i !! Ending in -e !! Ending in -a !! Ending in -o !! Ending in -u
 |- align=center
-! i-
+! Beginning with i-
 | '''ii''' || '''ie''' || '''ia''' || '''io''' || '''iu'''
 |- align=center
-! e-
+! Beginning with e-
 | colspan="2" | '''ee'''
 | '''ea'''
 | colspan="2" | '''eo'''
 |- align=center
-! a-
+! Beginning with a-
 | colspan="2" | '''ae'''
 | '''aa'''
 | colspan="2" | '''ao'''
 |- align=center
-! o-
+! Beginning with o-
 | colspan="2" | '''oe'''
 | '''oa'''
 | colspan="2" | '''oo'''
 |- align=center
-! u-
+! Beginning with u-
 | '''ui''' || '''ue''' || '''ua''' || '''uo''' || '''uu'''
 |}
-The sequences of identical vowels /ii ee aa oo uu/ are pronounced as long vowels [iː ɛː aː ɔː uː].
+The sequences of identical vowels /ii ee aa oo uu/ are pronounced as long vowels [iː ɛː aː ɔː uː]. In the Polynesian influenced Tanner romanisation, these are indicated with macrons <'''ā''' '''ē''' '''ī''' '''ō''' '''ū'''> however the Schaefer romanisation, used here, depicts them as separate vowels as this helps better conceptualise the morae within a word.
 ===Phonotactics===