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Israeli Hebrew has 7 oral vowels and 6 nasal vowels, one of the largest vowel inventories to occur in any Semitic language and one of the few ones with nasal vowels (also cf. [[w:Inor language|Inor]]). Vowels tend to reduce in unstressed syllables. | Israeli Hebrew has 7 oral vowels and 6 nasal vowels, one of the largest vowel inventories to occur in any Semitic language and one of the few ones with nasal vowels (also cf. [[w:Inor language|Inor]]). Nasal vowels arise from historical oral vowels before a nasal coda. Vowels tend to reduce in unstressed syllables. | ||
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|{{IPA|/ø̃/}} | |{{IPA|/ø̃~ə̃/}} | ||
| <span style="font-size:120%">{{IPA|/ʔoˈsø̃/}}</span> | | <span style="font-size:120%">{{IPA|/ʔoˈsø̃/}}</span> | ||
| ''ʼosø̨'' | | ''ʼosø̨'' | ||