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===Vowels=== | ===Vowels=== | ||
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 | 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 are also nasalized allophonically before nasal consonants. | ||
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|'jenny' | |'jenny' | ||
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|{{IPA|/ | |{{IPA|/u/}} | ||
| <span style="font-size:120%">{{IPA|/ | | <span style="font-size:120%">{{IPA|/ʔäduˈmo/}}</span> | ||
| ''ʼadumo'' | | ''ʼadumo'' | ||
| {{heb|אדומה}} | | {{heb|אדומה}} | ||
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Vowels tend to reduce in unstressed syllables: /ɛ/ reduces to [ə], /ø/ to [ɵ], / | Vowels tend to reduce in unstressed syllables: /ɛ/ reduces to [ə], /ø/ to [ɵ], /u/ to [ʉ], and /i/ to [ɪ]. | ||
==Grammar== | ==Grammar== | ||