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===Vowels=== | ===Vowels=== | ||
The vowel system is quite similar to Thangha'. In stressed syllables, there are 6 vowel phonemes / | The vowel system is quite similar to Thangha'. In stressed syllables, there are 6 or 7 vowel phonemes /iː/, /uː/, /e/, /o/ and /aː/ and /a/. Short /a/ has the allophone [ə] when it occurs adjacent to a semivowel (either before or after it). | ||
As in Thangha', the length of the vowel is more important than the quality in contrasting /iː/ and /uː/ vs. /e/ and /o/. | |||
In unstressed syllables, the language has a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vertical_vowel_system Vertical Vowel System], only contrasting /a/ and /ə/ (however other vowels such as [i], [e], [o] and [u] are heard as allophones of /ə/). | In unstressed syllables, the language has a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vertical_vowel_system Vertical Vowel System], only contrasting /a/ and /ə/ (however other vowels such as [i], [e], [o] and [u] are heard as allophones of /ə/). | ||