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{{Vowels-At}}
{{Vowels-At}}
====Vowel reduction====
There is a slight reduction of /u/ and /ɛ/ in open coda to /ʊ/ and /ə/ respectively.
=====Diphthongs=====
=====Diphthongs=====
There are 12 phonemic diphthongs in the Attian language. They non-syllabic elements [i̯] and [u̯] are heavily allophonic with /j/ and /w/ respectively, and most often simplified as such.
There is an amount of phonemic diphthongs in the Attian language. They non-syllabic elements [i̯] and [u̯] are heavily allophonic with /j/ and /w/ respectively, and most often simplified as such.


{| class="bluetable lightbluebg" style="width: 200px; text-align: center;"
{| class="bluetable lightbluebg" style="width: 200px; text-align: center;"
|+
|+
! colspan="6"|Rising
! colspan="4"|Rising
! colspan="6"|Falling
! colspan="4"|Falling
|-
|-
! colspan="2"|ya
! colspan="2"|ya
| colspan="2"|[ɪ̯a]
| colspan="2"|[ja]
! colspan="2"|ay
! colspan="2"|ay
| colspan="2"|[aɪ̯]
| colspan="2"|[aj]
|-
|-
! colspan="2"|ye
! colspan="2"|ye
| colspan="2"|[ɪ̯ɛ]
| colspan="2"|[]
! colspan="2"|ey
! colspan="2"|ey
| colspan="2"|[ɛɪ̯]
| colspan="2"|[ɛj]
|-
! colspan="2"|yi
| colspan="2"|[ji]
! colspan="2"|iy
| colspan="2"|[ij]
|-
|-
! colspan="2"| yo
! colspan="2"| yo
| colspan="2"| [ɪ̯o]
| colspan="2"| [jo]
! colspan="2"|oy
! colspan="2"|oy
| colspan="2"|[oɪ̯]
| colspan="2"|[oj]
|-
! colspan="2"| yu
| colspan="2"| [ju]
! colspan="2"|uy
| colspan="2"|[uj]
|-
|-
! colspan="2"| va
! colspan="2"| va
| colspan="2"| [u̯a]
| colspan="2"| [wa]
! colspan="2"|av
! colspan="2"|av
| colspan="2"|[au̯]
| colspan="2"|[aw]
|-
|-
! colspan="2"| ve
| colspan="2"| [u̯ɛ]
! colspan="2"|ev
! colspan="2"|ev
| colspan="2"|[ɛu̯]
| colspan="2"| [wɛ]
! colspan="2"|ev
| colspan="2"|[ɛw]
|-
! colspan="2"|vi
| colspan="2"|[wi]
! colspan="2"|iv
| colspan="2"|[iw]
|-
|-
! colspan="2"| vo
! colspan="2"| vo
| colspan="2"| [u̯o]
| colspan="2"| [wo]
! colspan="2"|ov
! colspan="2"|ov
| colspan="2"|[ou̯]
| colspan="2"|[ow]
|-
! colspan="2"| vu
| colspan="2"| [wu]
! colspan="2"|uv
| colspan="2"|[uw]
|}
|}


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