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* /ɔ/ is an open-mid back vowel [ɔ]. When preceded by /j/ it may be raised to mid [o̞]. In stressed closed syllables it is near-open [ɒ̝]. In unstressed syllables it is centralized [ɞ]

==== Open ~~vowel~~ ====

==== Open vowels ====

* /a/ is an open central vowel [ä]. In unstressed syllables, it is near-open [ɐ]

* Marginally phonemic /ɐ̃/ is a near-open central nasal vowel [ɐ̃]. Some speakers realize it as [ɐŋ] or raise it towards open-mid [ɜ̃]

==== Diphthongs ====

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* Morphophonemic spelling: Alternations caused by historical sound changes are preserved in spelling to maintain morphological transparency (e.g., ''bœc'' 'bull' vs. ''bœci'' 'bulls', where /k/ > /s/ is preserved orthographically as ⟨c⟩)

* Diacritics for disambiguation: The grave accent ⟨à, è⟩ marks unpredictable stress patterns and distinguishes minimal pairs (although the latter is in practice limited to didactic texts). It is also often used for hiatus marking to resolve potential ambiguities

* Diacritics for disambiguation: The grave accent ⟨à, è⟩ marks unpredictable stress patterns and distinguishes minimal pairs (although the latter is in practice limited to didactic texts). It is also often used for hiatus marking to resolve potential ambiguities. The circumflex is used over ⟨â⟩ to mark nasality in the emphatic suffix -â. These letters are not part of the alphabet; instead they are considered variants of the base letters.

* Gemination: Double consonants represent true geminates, not just orthographic conventions

* ⟨ea⟩ is used to represent etymological /ɛɐ̯/ even when it becomes indistinguishable from /ɛ/ (in closed and unstressed syllables), as long as it alternates with the full [ɛɐ̯] (cf. Nom. ''sneag'' [snɛ̂k], Gen. ''sneaga'' [snɛ̂ɐ̯gɐ] 'snow'). In words with no alternation, ⟨e⟩ is used (e.g., ''venno'' 'always')

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| [ɐ]

| ''nell'''a''''' 'Sunday'

|-

!colspan=2| â

| [ɐ̃]

| ''dup'''â''''' 'dammit'

|-

!colspan=2| b

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 * /ɔ/ is an open-mid back vowel [ɔ]. When preceded by /j/ it may be raised to mid [o̞]. In stressed closed syllables it is near-open [ɒ̝]. In unstressed syllables it is centralized [ɞ]
-==== Open vowel ====
+==== Open vowels ====
 * /a/ is an open central vowel [ä]. In unstressed syllables, it is near-open [ɐ]
+* Marginally phonemic /ɐ̃/ is a near-open central nasal vowel [ɐ̃]. Some speakers realize it as [ɐŋ] or raise it towards open-mid [ɜ̃]
 ==== Diphthongs ====
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 * Morphophonemic spelling: Alternations caused by historical sound changes are preserved in spelling to maintain morphological transparency (e.g., ''bœc'' 'bull' vs. ''bœci'' 'bulls', where /k/ > /s/ is preserved orthographically as ⟨c⟩)
-* Diacritics for disambiguation: The grave accent ⟨à, è⟩ marks unpredictable stress patterns and distinguishes minimal pairs (although the latter is in practice limited to didactic texts). It is also often used for hiatus marking to resolve potential ambiguities
+* Diacritics for disambiguation: The grave accent ⟨à, è⟩ marks unpredictable stress patterns and distinguishes minimal pairs (although the latter is in practice limited to didactic texts). It is also often used for hiatus marking to resolve potential ambiguities. The circumflex is used over ⟨â⟩ to mark nasality in the emphatic suffix -â. These letters are not part of the alphabet; instead they are considered variants of the base letters.
 * Gemination: Double consonants represent true geminates, not just orthographic conventions
 * ⟨ea⟩ is used to represent etymological /ɛɐ̯/ even when it becomes indistinguishable from /ɛ/ (in closed and unstressed syllables), as long as it alternates with the full [ɛɐ̯] (cf. Nom. ''sneag'' [snɛ̂k], Gen. ''sneaga'' [snɛ̂ɐ̯gɐ] 'snow'). In words with no alternation, ⟨e⟩ is used (e.g., ''venno'' 'always')
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 | [ɐ]
 | ''nell'''a''''' 'Sunday'
+|-
+!colspan=2| â
+| [ɐ̃]
+| ''dup'''â''''' 'dammit'
 |-
 !colspan=2| b