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! Header text !! Front !! Back | ! Header text !! Front !! Front </br>Labialised || Back || Back </br>Labialised | ||
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! High | ! High | ||
| /i/ [ɪ] ‹'''i'''› || /u/ [ʊ͍] ‹'''u'''› | | /i/ [ɪ] ‹'''i'''› || /y/ [ʏ͍] ‹'''ü'''› || || /u/ [ʊ͍] ‹'''u'''› | ||
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! Mid | ! Mid | ||
| /e/ [ɛ] ‹'''e'''› || /o/ [ɔ͍] ‹'''o'''› | | /e/ [ɛ] ‹'''e'''› || /ø/ [œ͍] ‹'''ö'''› || || /o/ [ɔ͍] ‹'''o'''› | ||
|- | |- | ||
! Low | ! Low | ||
| /æ/ [æ] ‹'''ä'''› || /a/ [ | | /æ/ [æ] ‹'''ä'''› || || /a/ [ɑ] ‹'''a'''› || | ||
|} | |} | ||
The labialised vowels are pronounced by phenotypical Balog as unrounded vowels due to their protruding lower canines, however they are distinguished from their unlabialised counterparts by lip compression which has a similar auditory effect to rounding. This compression may sometimes be so extreme as to form a complete closure in the centre of the lips, leaving the airflow to escape laterally. Non-Balog speakers of Balog typically pronounce these vowels as rounded vowels. | |||
The phonetic realisation of these vowels, especially the higher ones, is generally quite lax, hence the symbols < ɪ ʏ͍ ʊ͍ ɛ œ͍ ɔ͍ æ ɑ > have been used here to represent the phones. The symbols < i y u e ø o æ a > were chosen to represent the phonemes purely for ease of typing, although in all cases except that of /a/, the IPA value of each of these characters is well within the range of possible realisations. A pure [a] would be right on the edge of the ranges of /æ/ and /a/: with the most fronted pronunciations of /a/ being in the realm of [ä]. | |||
===Phonotactics=== | ===Phonotactics=== | ||