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The sequences of identical vowels /ii ee aa oo uu/ are pronounced as long vowels [iː ɛː aː ɔː uː]. In the Polynesian influenced Tanner romanisation, these are indicated with macrons <'''ā''' '''ē''' '''ī''' '''ō''' '''ū'''> however the | The sequences of identical vowels /ii ee aa oo uu/ are pronounced as long vowels [iː ɛː aː ɔː uː]. In the Polynesian influenced Tanner romanisation, these are indicated with macrons <'''ā''' '''ē''' '''ī''' '''ō''' '''ū'''> however the Schäfer romanisation, used here, depicts them as separate vowels in order to help better conceptualise the morae within a word. | ||
The particles '''hi''' and '''hu''', in casual speech, lose their /h/ and may become pronounced as [j] and [w] respectively, especially when sandwiched between vowels with an initial glottal stop elided, as long as those vowels are not identical. For example '''ia hi ua''' is, formally [ˈʔia hi ˈʔua] but in more casual speech any of [ˈ(ʔ)ia hi ˈua], [ˈ(ʔ)ia i ˈua], or [ˈ(ʔ)ia ˈjua]. | |||
===Phonotactics=== | ===Phonotactics=== | ||