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D'Ivoire standardised the phonemic inventory of vowels in the language | D'Ivoire standardised the phonemic inventory of vowels in the language, as per his conclusion that there were three phonemic short vowels, /i/, /a/, /u/, and three phonemic "long" vowels. The quality of the long vowels is rarely realised as the same as their short counterparts however, but it is likely that they once only differed in quantity. | ||
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|+ '''d'Ivoire model''' | |+ '''d'Ivoire model''' |