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==Phonology== | ==Phonology== | ||
===Vowels=== | ===Vowels=== | ||
There are twenty one vowel, most of which create long-short vowel pairs. | There are twenty one vowel, most of which create long-short vowel pairs. The close-mid short vowels are sometimes considered allophones of the close short vowels, since they are present only before a consonant cluster and the standard language usually does not reduce those clusters in speech, except for clusters with an initial "r" (which in most dialects is silent there). | ||
Vaand has a front-back [[w:Vowel harmony|vowel harmony]] for all vowels, except /i/, /a/ and /ə/, which are considered neutral. Like the other Oronaic languages, Vaand has a rich system of diphthongs, that are also influenced by vowel harmony. | |||
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| ie || iə̯~iː | |||
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| uo || uo | |||
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| ui || ʉɪ | |||
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| ei || aɪ | |||
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| ai || ɒɪ | |||
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| au || ɒʊ | |||
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| eu || øɪ | |||
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| ea || ɛɐ~ɛː | |||
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| oa || ɔɐ~ɔː | |||
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| äi || æɪ~ɛɪ | |||
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