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<span style="color:red">Red</span> sounds are exclusive to Kimo dialects, while <span style="color:blue">blue</span> sounds are exclusive to Wakki dialects. <span style="color:green">Green</span> sounds are exclusive to Igkin dialects, which although are a subset of Kimo dialects, do have some different sounds. Black sounds are in all sets of dialects. | <span style="color:red">Red</span> sounds are exclusive to Kimo dialects, while <span style="color:blue">blue</span> sounds are exclusive to Wakki dialects. <span style="color:green">Green</span> sounds are exclusive to Igkin dialects, which although are a subset of Kimo dialects, do have some different sounds. Black sounds are in all sets of dialects. | ||
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! !! Front !! Central !! Back | ! !! Front !! Central !! Near-close !! Back | ||
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! Close | ! Close | ||
| i || || <span style="color:blue">ɯ</span><ref>Allophone of [m] in initial position.</ref> <span style="color: red">u</span><ref>In Wakki dialects, the [u] is substituted by [w] in most cases.</ref> | | i || || || <span style="color:blue">ɯ</span><ref>Allophone of [m] in initial position.</ref> <span style="color: red">u</span><ref name="ʊ">In Wakki dialects, the [u]/[ʊ] is substituted by [w] in most cases.</ref> | ||
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! Near-close | |||
| || || <span style="color:red">ʊ</span><ref name="ʊ"></ref> || | |||
|- | |- | ||
! Close-mid | ! Close-mid | ||
| e ø || <span style="color:green">ɘ<ref name="closemidcentral"></ref> ɵ</span><ref name="closemidcentral">Both are variants of [e] and [ø] in Kimo and Wakki dialects.</ref> || <span style="color:red">o</span> | | e ø || <span style="color:green">ɘ<ref name="closemidcentral"></ref> ɵ</span><ref name="closemidcentral">Both are variants of [e] and [ø] in Kimo and Wakki dialects.</ref> || rowspan=2 | || <span style="color:red">o</span> | ||
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! Open | ! Open | ||
| a <span style="color:green">œ</span><ref>Alternative allophone of /ø/, though [ø] is still more widely used.</ref> || || <span style="color:blue">ɑ</span><ref>Wakki variant of Kimo [o].</ref> | | a <span style="color:green">œ</span><ref>Alternative allophone of /ø/, though [ø] is still more widely used.</ref> || || <span style="color:blue">ɑ</span><ref>Wakki variant of Kimo [o].</ref> | ||
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===Prosody=== | ===Prosody=== | ||
====Stress==== | ====Stress==== | ||