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| style="font-style:italic;" | | | style="font-style:italic;" | High | ||
| style="text-align: center;" | i iː | | style="text-align: center;" | i iː | ||
| style="text-align: center;" | u uː | | style="text-align: center;" | u uː | ||
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| style="text-align: center;" | ɔ | | style="text-align: center;" | ɔ | ||
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| style="font-style:italic;" | | | style="font-style:italic;" | Low | ||
| style="text-align: center;" colspan=2 | ã | | style="text-align: center;" colspan=2 | ã | ||
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====Notes==== | ====Notes==== | ||
* The short | * The short high front vowel [i] loses its quality and becomes [ɪ] in some dialects. | ||
* The vowels /i/ and /u/ are distinguished by length grammatically; even though there is a slight difference in length between [ɛ] and [e], these are two distinct vowels not grammatically distinguished by length. | * The vowels /i/ and /u/ are distinguished by length grammatically; even though there is a slight difference in length between [ɛ] and [e], these are two distinct vowels not grammatically distinguished by length. | ||
* The mid back vowel [ɔ] becomes the schwa [ə] when unstressed. | * The mid back vowel [ɔ] becomes the schwa [ə] when unstressed. | ||
* The | * The low vowel [ã] can be realized in multiple ways. | ||
** Some dialects distinguish short [ɑ] and long [ã]; this is non-standard, however. | ** Some dialects distinguish short [ɑ] and long [ã]; this is non-standard, however. | ||
** In other dialects, it might be pronounced as [a], [ɐ] or [ɑ]. | ** In other dialects, it might be pronounced as [a], [ɐ] or [ɑ]. | ||
[[Category:Languages]] | [[Category:Languages]] | ||