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===Vowels=== | ===Vowels=== | ||
There are a number of 7 non-nasal, non-diphthong vowels in Adwan. | There are a number of 7 non-nasal, non-diphthong vowels in Adwan. | ||
{| class="wikitable" | |||
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center; | |||
|- | |- | ||
! !! Front !! Central !! Back | ! !! Front !! Central !! Back | ||
|- | |- | ||
| Close | ! style="text-align: center; "| Close | ||
| i || || u | |||
|- | |- | ||
| Near-close | ! style="text-align: center; "| Near-close | ||
| ɪ || ʏ ~ ʊ || | |||
|- | |- | ||
! style="text-align: center; "| Mid | |||
| e œ || || o | |||
|- | |- | ||
| Open | ! style="text-align: center; "| Open | ||
| a || || | |||
|} | |} | ||
Furthermore, the following vowels can be "nasalized", in which a diphothong involving a nasal consonant is introduced. On introducing the nasal consonant, notice that the vowel pronunciation is also slightly changed. | Furthermore, the following vowels can be "nasalized", in which a diphothong involving a nasal consonant is introduced. On introducing the nasal consonant, notice that the vowel pronunciation is also slightly changed. | ||
{| class="wikitable" | {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center; | ||
! colspan="2" | I || colspan="2" | II | ! colspan="2" | I || colspan="2" | II | ||
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| ''w'''mg''''' || ũɰ̯̃ || ''w'''ng''''' || ũj̯̃ | | ''w'''mg''''' || ũɰ̯̃ || ''w'''ng''''' || ũj̯̃ | ||
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| ''y'''mg''''' || | | ''y'''mg''''' || ɪɰ̯̃ || ''y'''ng''''' || ɪj̯̃ | ||
|} | |} | ||