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! rowspan=2 | Mid | ! rowspan=2 | Mid | ||
! Close | ! Close | ||
| e || || | | e || rowspan=2 | (ə) || | ||
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! Open | ! Open | ||
| ɛ | | ɛ || ɔ | ||
|- | |- | ||
! colspan=2 | Open | ! colspan=2 | Open | ||
| colspan=2 | a | | colspan=2 | a | ||
|} | |} | ||
General Colonial phonemic vowels do not differ greatly from Standard vowel phonemes. However, common differentiations are O-lowering, where Standard /o/ is lowered to an /ɔ/(a feature borrowed from [[Pokht]]), while there is also more variation in pronunciation of /a/ and /u/; whereas Standard /a/ and /u/ remain mostly within central and back vowel spaces respectively, Colonial /a/ can vary from as front as /æ̞/ to very occasionally as far back as /ɑ/, while /u/ in most dialects is closer to a /ʊ~ʊ̝/ and in some Bay Islands is often closer to a /ʉ/.{{efn|Borrowed from [[Bay Islands Creole]], which borrowed central /ʉ/ from the Le Luo languages.}} | General Colonial phonemic vowels do not differ greatly from Standard vowel phonemes. However, common differentiations are O-lowering, where Standard /o/ is lowered to an /ɔ/(a feature borrowed from [[Pokht]]), while there is also more variation in pronunciation of /a/ and /u/; whereas Standard /a/ and /u/ remain mostly within central and back vowel spaces respectively, Colonial /a/ can vary from as front as /æ̞/ to very occasionally as far back as /ɑ/, while /u/ in most dialects is closer to a /ʊ~ʊ̝/ and in some Bay Islands is often closer to a /ʉ/.{{efn|Borrowed from [[Bay Islands Creole]], which borrowed central /ʉ/ from the Le Luo languages.}} | ||
The schwa(/ə/) is a common unstressed allophone of /a/, /o/ and /u/ in some dialects, particularly those of the eastern Bay Area, while in others, typically those near Taskarië, have /ə/ as an allophone of /e/ in coda positions; e.g. ''lege'' "the (plural)", would be pronounced [[Help:IPA|[ˈlegə]]] instead of Standard/General Colonial [[Help:IPA|[ˈlege]]]. | |||
===Diphthongs=== | ===Diphthongs=== | ||
Though the orthography of diphthongs has remained the same as in Mainland Izhkut, the General Colonial pronunciation of diphthongs has shifted considerably from the Standard pronunciation which this orthography was based on, though these dipthongs differ yet still between Colonial dialects. However, the following table only shows General Colonial pronunciations. | Though the orthography of diphthongs has remained the same as in Mainland Izhkut, the General Colonial pronunciation of diphthongs has shifted considerably from the Standard pronunciation which this orthography was based on, though these dipthongs differ yet still between Colonial dialects. However, the following table only shows General Colonial pronunciations. | ||