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!'''Close''' | !'''Close''' | ||
|'''i · eu'''<br /> | |'''i · eu'''<br />/ɪ · ʏ/ | ||
|'''u'''<br /> | |'''u'''<br />/ʊ/ | ||
|'''ij · euv'''<br /> | |'''ij · euv'''<br />/iː · yː/ | ||
|'''uv'''<br /> | |'''uv'''<br />/uː/ | ||
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!'''Mid-Close''' | !'''Mid-Close''' | ||
|''' · y<ref>This was likely a lax near-close vowel, not a | |''' · y<ref>This was likely a lax central near-close vowel, not a front vowel; i.e. [ᵿ], not [ʏ]. It later merged with /y/.</ref>'''<br />/ᵿ/ | ||
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|'''ei · eou'''<br /> | |'''ei · eou'''<br />/eː · øː/ | ||
|'''ou'''<br /> | |'''ou'''<br />/oː/<ref>All of the mid-close long vowels may have been diphthongs, i.e. [eɪ̯], [œʏ̯], and [oʊ̯] – and 〈eou〉 was almost certainly [œʏ̯] – but the spelling of 〈ei〉 and 〈ou〉 is likely related to conventions borrowed from early Romance languages of the time rather than an indication of dipthongisation.</ref> | ||
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!'''Mid-Open''' | !'''Mid-Open''' | ||
|'''e · eo'''<br /> | |'''e · eo'''<br />/ɛ · œ/ | ||
|'''o'''<br />[ɔ] | |'''o'''<br />[ɔ] | ||
|'''ae · eao'''<br /> | |'''ae · eao'''<br />/ɛː · œː/ | ||
|'''ao'''<br /> | |'''ao'''<br />/ɔː/ | ||
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!'''Open''' | !'''Open''' | ||
|'''a'''<br />/a/ | |||
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|'''aa'''<br /> | |'''aa'''<br />/ɑː/ | ||
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!'''Plosive''' | !'''Plosive''' | ||
|'''p · b'''<br /> | |'''p · b'''<br />/p · b/ | ||
|'''t · d'''<br /> | |'''t · d'''<br />/t · d/ | ||
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|'''k · g'''<br /> | |'''k · g'''<br />/k · ɡ/ | ||
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!'''Nasal''' | !'''Nasal''' | ||
|''' · m'''<br /> | |''' · m'''<br />/m/ | ||
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|''' · n'''<br /> | |''' · n'''<br />/n/ | ||
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|''' · n'''<ref>Before '''g''' or '''k'''</ref><br />[ŋ] | |''' · n'''<ref>Before '''g''' or '''k'''</ref><br />[ŋ] | ||
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!'''Fricative''' | !'''Fricative''' | ||
|'''f · bv, fv'''<br /> | |'''f · bv, fv'''<br />/ɸ · β/ | ||
|'''dy · þ'''<br /> | |'''dy · þ'''<br />/ð · θ/ | ||
|'''s · z'''<br /> | |'''s · z'''<br />/s · ʐ/ | ||
|''' · jj'''<br /> | |''' · jj'''<br />/ʝ/ | ||
|'''h · gy'''<br /> | |'''h · gy'''<br />/h · ɣ/ | ||
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!'''Approximant''' | !'''Approximant''' | ||
|''' · v'''<br /> | |''' · v'''<br />/w/ | ||
|''' · l'''<br /> | |''' · l'''<br />/l/ | ||
|''' · r'''<br /> | |''' · r'''<br />/r/ | ||
|''' · j'''<br /> | |''' · j'''<br />/j/ | ||
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