Lax An: Difference between revisions

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===Vowels===
===Vowels===
Lax An used an eight-vowel system which consisted of the short vowels /a/, /e/, /i/, /u/ and long /ee/, /ii/, /o/, /uu/
Lax An used an seven-vowel system which consisted of the short vowels /a/, /i/, /u/ and long /ee/, /ii/, /o/, /uu/


a six-vowel system which consists of short /a/, /i/, /u/ and long /aa/, /ii/, /uu/;
voiced and voiceless pharyngeal fricatives;
voiced and voiceless pharyngeal fricatives;
a glottal stop that is used to distinguish word meaning;
a glottal stop that is used to distinguish word meaning;
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! [[w:Mid vowel|Mid]]
! [[w:Mid vowel|Mid]]
| {{IPA|/ɛ/}} || {{IPA|/eː/}}
| || {{IPA|/eː/}}
| colspan="2"| 
| colspan="2"| 
| || {{IPA|/oː/}}
| || {{IPA|/oː/}}
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