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===Vowels=== | ===Vowels=== | ||
Shaj has five cardinal vowels /i/, /e/, /a/, /o/, /u/, and two semivowels /ĭ/ and /ŭ/. Semivowels form | Shaj has five cardinal vowels /i/, /e/, /a/, /o/, /u/, and two semivowels /ĭ/ and /ŭ/. Semivowels form closing diphthongs /eĭ/, /aĭ/, /oĭ/, /ŭĭ/, /aŭ/; and opening diphthongs /ĭə/, /ĭe/, /ĭa/, /ĭo/, /ĭu/. Any time /u/ or /ŭ/ precedes /i/ or /ĭ/, the result is /ŭĭ/. There are also two rounded front vowels /y/ and /ø/, one open front vowel /æ/, a homogenous diphthong /ĭĭ/, and a schwa /ə/. There is no length distinction in Velshaj, but there used to be in its parent languages. | ||
====Summary Chart==== | |||
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! style="width: 68px; "|Front Round | |||
! style="width: 68px; "|Central Unround | |||
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! style="width: 68px; "|Back Unround | |||
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! style="text-align: center; "|Semivowel | |||
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! style="text-align: center; "|High | |||
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! style="text-align: center; "|Mid | |||
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| ø | |||
| ə | |||
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! style="text-align: center; "|Low | |||
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| ɑ | |||
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===Prosody=== | ===Prosody=== | ||
====Stress==== | ====Stress==== | ||