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! | ! !! [[w:Front vowel|Front]] !! [[w:Central vowel|Central]] !! [[w:Back vowel|Back]] | ||
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! [[w:Close vowel|High]] | |||
| [[w:Near-close near-front unrounded vowel|ɪ]] || || [[w:Near-close near-back rounded vowel|ʊ]] | |||
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! [[w:Mid vowel|Mid]] | |||
| || ([[w:Mid central vowel|ə]]) | |||
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! [[w:Open-mid vowel|Low mid]] | |||
| ([[w:Open-mid front unrounded vowel|ɛ]]) || || ([[w:Open-mid back rounded vowel|ɔ]]) | |||
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! [[w:Open vowel|Low]] | |||
| [[w:Open front unrounded vowel|a]] | |||
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*[ɛ] and [ɔ] are unstressed allophones of /ɪ/ or /a/ and /ʊ/ or /a/ respectively | |||
*Epenthetic [ə] is placed between voiceless consonants and /h/ or /x̠/, and between aspirated consonants and non-nasal consonants; in standard Knrawi an exception is /hC/ clusters | |||
The conditions in which unstressed /a/ becomes [ɛ] or [ɔ] varies by region; in standard Knrawi [ɛ] is the realization adjacent to coronal and glottal consonants or when the previous vowel is [ɔ], and [ɔ] is the realization otherwise. | |||
===Pitch accent=== | ===Pitch accent=== | ||