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===Vocalic phonemes===
===Vocalic phonemes===


Eurolatinus has got the following vocalic phonemes:
As Romanic languages have lost the distinction between long and short vowels, why should Eurolatin use it again? The length of a vowel can't vary the meaning of a word, that can be understood within a sentence.


{| {{Table/bluetable}} style="text-align:center; vertical-align:middle"
{| {{Table/bluetable}} style="text-align:center; vertical-align:middle"
! rowspan="2" colspan="1"|'''Phonemes'''
! rowspan="2" colspan="1"|'''Phonemes'''
! rowspan="1" colspan="2"|'''Short'''
! rowspan="1" colspan="2"|'''Short'''
! rowspan="1" colspan="2"|'''Long'''
|-
|-
!'''Front'''
!'''Back'''
!'''Front'''
!'''Front'''
!'''Back'''
!'''Back'''
|-
|-
!'''Closed'''
!'''Closed'''
|ɪ ʏ
|i y
|u
|i: y:
|u:
|-
!'''Mid-closed'''
|
|
|e:
|o:
|-
|-
!'''Mid-open''
!'''Middle'''
|e [ɛ]
|o [ɔ]
|
|
|-
|-
!'''Open'''
!'''Open'''
| rowspan="1" colspan="2"|a
|a [ɑ]
| rowspan="1" colspan="2"|ɑ:
|}
|}


The different pronunciation of ''a'', ''e'', ''o'' doesn't change the meaning of the words: every speaker can pronounce these vowels more opened or more closed according to his/her habits.


===Diphthongs and digraphs===
===Diphthongs and digraphs===
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