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===Vowels=== | |||
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" | |||
!width=100| | |||
!width=75| Front | |||
!width=75| Back | |||
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!style="text-align: right;"| High | |||
| i · | |||
| · u | |||
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!style="text-align: right;"| | |||
| ɪ · | |||
| · ʊ | |||
|- | |||
!style="text-align: right;"| Mid | |||
| e · | |||
| · o | |||
|- | |||
!style="text-align: right;"| | |||
| ɛ · | |||
| · ɔ | |||
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!style="text-align: right;"| Mid | |||
| æ · | |||
| · ɑ | |||
|} | |||
====Diphthongs==== | |||
There were no diphthongs in Old Imperial; The modern diphthongs are contractions or earlier bi-syllabic constructions. E.g. '''''[[Contionary: meu#Modern Standard Imperial|meu]]''''' ‘I’ was pronounced as /ˈme.u/ rather than the modern /mew/. | |||
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" | |||
!width=100| | |||
!width=75| Front | |||
!width=75| Back | |||
|- | |||
!style="text-align: right;"| Mid-High | |||
| ej | |||
| ew | |||
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!style="text-align: right;"| Low-High | |||
| aj | |||
| aw | |||
|} | |} |