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===Diphthongs, or long vowels=== | ===Diphthongs, or long vowels=== | ||
There are | There are four so called "'''diphthongs'''" in the language. This is however merely a traditional name, as the diphthongs have long since collapsed into '''long vowels'''. Originally, these were diphthongs later assimilated by the non-glide element. | ||
{| border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" class="bluetable lightbluebg" style="width: 550px; text-align:center" | {| border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" class="bluetable lightbluebg" style="width: 550px; text-align:center" | ||
|+'''Asaari vowels and diphthongs''' | |+'''Asaari vowels and diphthongs''' | ||
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! colspan=" | ! colspan="4" rowspan="1"| Short vowels | ||
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|'''a''' /a/ | |'''a''' /a/ | ||
|'''u''' /ʊ/ | |||
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! colspan=" | ! colspan="4" rowspan="1"| Long vowels | ||
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|'''ii''' /ɪː/ | |'''ii''' /ɪː/ | ||
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|'''ee''' /ɛː/ | |'''ee''' /ɛː/ | ||
|''' | |'''uu''' /ʊː/ | ||
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|} | |} | ||