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| ===Vowels and Diphthongs=== | | ===Vowels and Diphthongs=== |
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| {| class="nounderlines" cellspacing="0px" cellpadding=0 style="text-align:center; background:transparent;"
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| |- style="text-align:center; font-size:smaller;"
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| | style="width:60px;" | '''Front'''
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| | style="width:60px;" |
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| | style="width:60px;" | '''Central'''
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| | style="width:60px;" |
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| | style="width:60px;" | '''Back'''
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| | style="height:30px; font-size:smaller; text-align:right;" | '''Close'''
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| | style="height:210px;" colspan=5 rowspan=7 | <div style="position:relative;width:300px;height:210px;">[[Image:Blank vowel trapezoid.svg|300px]]<div style="background:transparent; position:absolute; top:0px; left:0px;">
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| <!-- CLOSE VOWELS -->
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| <div style="position:absolute; left:5%; width:2.33em; top:0%; height:1.33em; font-size:120%; background:white;">{{IPA|i}}</div>
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| <div style="position:absolute; left:82%; width:3em; top:0%; height:1.33em; font-size:120%; background:white;">{{IPA|u}}</div>
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| <!-- NEAR-CLOSE VOWELS -->
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| <!-- CLOSE-MID VOWELS -->
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| <div style="position:absolute; left:16%; width:2.66em; top:28%; height:1.33em; font-size:120%; background:white;">
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| {{IPA|e}}</div>
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| <!-- MID VOWELS -->
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| <!-- OPEN-MID VOWELS -->
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| <div style="position:absolute; left:28%; width:2.66em; top:56%; height:1.33em; font-size:120%; background:white;">
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| {{IPA|ɛ}}</div>
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| <!-- NEAR-OPEN VOWELS -->
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| <!-- OPEN VOWELS -->
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| <div style="position:absolute; left:43%; width:2.66em; top:84%; height:1.33em; font-size:120%; background:white;">
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| {{IPA|a}}</div>
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| </div></div>
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| | style="height:30px; font-size:smaller; text-align:right;" | '''Near‑close'''
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| | style="height:30px; font-size:smaller; text-align:right;" | '''Close‑mid'''
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| | style="height:30px; font-size:smaller; text-align:right;" | '''Mid'''
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| | style="height:30px; font-size:smaller; text-align:right;" | '''Open‑mid'''
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| | style="height:30px; font-size:smaller; text-align:right;" | '''Near‑open'''
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| | style="height:30px; font-size:smaller; text-align:right;" | '''Open'''
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| '''Ahāmatya''' has four short vowels and four long vowels, a distinction manifested as the long vowels' sound being held twice as long as short vowels' sound. | | '''Ahāmatya''' has four short vowels and four long vowels, a distinction manifested as the long vowels' sound being held twice as long as short vowels' sound. |