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===Vocalic phonemes=== | ===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''' | ||
|- | |- | ||
!'''Front''' | !'''Front''' | ||
!'''Back''' | !'''Back''' | ||
|- | |- | ||
!'''Closed''' | !'''Closed''' | ||
|i y | |||
|u | |||
|i | |||
|u | |||
|- | |- | ||
!''' | !'''Middle''' | ||
|ɛ | |e [ɛ] | ||
|ɔ | |o [ɔ] | ||
|- | |- | ||
!'''Open''' | !'''Open''' | ||
|a [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=== | ||