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Yuyši has | Yuyši has ten vowels (three of which nasal)<!-- sketch yuyši ee, êe > ey, êy -->; there are also many phonetic diphthongs, which are, however, better analyzed as combinations of a vowel plus a semivowel.<br/> | ||
Note that high-low vowels are only distinguished from high-mid ones when stressed; the orthography always marks a stressed high-low vowel with a circumflex, and the stressed high-mid ones with acutes when the stress is not on the penultimate. Other stressed vowels are graphically marked only when the stressed syllable is not the penultimate. The last nasal vowel is typically always stressed, so when they are present, stress is marked even on the penult if it does *not* fall on the last nasal vowel. | Note that high-low vowels are only distinguished from high-mid ones when stressed; the orthography always marks a stressed high-low vowel with a circumflex, and the stressed high-mid ones with acutes when the stress is not on the penultimate. Other stressed vowels are graphically marked only when the stressed syllable is not the penultimate. The last nasal vowel is typically always stressed, so when they are present, stress is marked even on the penult if it does *not* fall on the last nasal vowel. | ||
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! High-mid | ! High-mid | ||
| '''e(é)''' e | | '''e(é)''' e || || '''o (ó)''' o | ||
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! High-low | ! High-low | ||
| '''ê''' ɛ | | '''ê''' ɛ<br/>'''ẽ''' ɛ̃ || || '''ô''' ɔ<br/>'''õ''' ɔ̃ | ||
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! Low | ! Low | ||