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===Vowels===

Similarly to consonants, vowels have geminated forms marked with special graphemes ~~so that~~ glottal stop can be indicated by writing ~~the~~ short graphemes separately. However, there is a glottal stop grapheme ' used for separating vowels, especially /i/, /æ/ and /œ/ which are sometimes written over preceding graphemes (perhaps deriving from front vowel distinction diacritics). There are also single graphemes for vowel combinations occurring at the end of words (DAT case) but their pronounciation varies: ''aee'' /aɛ:/ or /æeˑ/, ''oee'' /oe:/ or /œɛˑ/, ''uee'' /wɛ:/ or /ʊeˑ/ and ''yee'' /jɛ:/ or /yɛˑ/.

Similarly to consonants, vowels have geminated forms marked with special graphemes. Syllable boundary (glottal stop) can be indicated by writing short sound graphemes separately.

Possible phonemes for single vowel graphemes: (stressed front vs. unstressed back)

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*a: /a/ /ɐ/ /ɑ/

*o: /o/ /ɔ/

Classical Aoma distinguishes following '''diphthongs''' which have their own graphemes:

* ''au'' /ɐʊ̯/

* Occurring at the end of words (DAT case) with varying pronounciation:

**''aee'' /aɛ:/ or /æeˑ/

**''oee'' /oe:/ or /œɛˑ/

**''uee'' /wɛ:/ or /ʊeˑ/

**''yee'' /jɛ:/ or /yɛˑ/

There is a glottal stop grapheme (') used for separating vowels. It is used especially with /i/, /æ/ and /œ/ which are written over preceding graphemes in some of the older writing systems (perhaps deriving from front vowel distinction diacritics over /e/).

===Phonotactics===

Every syllable of Aoma requires a vowel, and most common syllables in Aoma are CV followed by CVC and V. C can be a cluster of at most two consonants, and V can be either a single or geminated vowel or a diphthong. There is always a syllable boundary between geminated consonants, contrary to long vowels. Although disyllables are most frequent, words have no limitations concerning the amount of syllables; some of the longest words are created as compounds especially with large numbers.

There aren't very many restrictions, but some forms are just preferred more:

*Nasals, fricatives and liquids occur at the end of words much more often that plosives (stops)

*Word-final semivowel /j/ has reduced into vowel /i/ (and /w/ to /u/): ''omai'' < ''*omaj''

*Two different plosives at a syllable boundary tend to be pronounced with only a geminated version of the first consonant: ''roktare'' /ɹɔ'k:aˑɹe/

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 ===Vowels===
-Similarly to consonants, vowels have geminated forms marked with special graphemes so that glottal stop can be indicated by writing the short graphemes separately. However, there is a glottal stop grapheme ' used for separating vowels, especially /i/, /æ/ and /œ/ which are sometimes written over preceding graphemes (perhaps deriving from front vowel distinction diacritics). There are also single graphemes for vowel combinations occurring at the end of words (DAT case) but their pronounciation varies: ''aee'' /aɛ:/ or /æeˑ/, ''oee'' /oe:/ or /œɛˑ/, ''uee'' /wɛ:/ or /ʊeˑ/ and ''yee'' /jɛ:/ or /yɛˑ/.
+Similarly to consonants, vowels have geminated forms marked with special graphemes. Syllable boundary (glottal stop) can be indicated by writing short sound graphemes separately.
 Possible phonemes for single vowel graphemes: (stressed front vs. unstressed back)
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 *a: /a/ /ɐ/ /ɑ/
 *o: /o/ /ɔ/
+Classical Aoma distinguishes following '''diphthongs''' which have their own graphemes:
+* ''au'' /ɐʊ̯/
+* Occurring at the end of words (DAT case) with varying pronounciation:
+**''aee'' /aɛ:/ or /æeˑ/
+**''oee'' /oe:/ or /œɛˑ/
+**''uee'' /wɛ:/ or /ʊeˑ/
+**''yee'' /jɛ:/ or /yɛˑ/
+There is a glottal stop grapheme (') used for separating vowels. It is used especially with /i/, /æ/ and /œ/ which are written over preceding graphemes in some of the older writing systems (perhaps deriving from front vowel distinction diacritics over /e/).
+===Phonotactics===
+Every syllable of Aoma requires a vowel, and most common syllables in Aoma are CV followed by CVC and V. C can be a cluster of at most two consonants, and V can be either a single or geminated vowel or a diphthong. There is always a syllable boundary between geminated consonants, contrary to long vowels. Although disyllables are most frequent, words have no limitations concerning the amount of syllables; some of the longest words are created as compounds especially with large numbers.
+There aren't very many restrictions, but some forms are just preferred more:
+*Nasals, fricatives and liquids occur at the end of words much more often that plosives (stops)
+*Word-final semivowel /j/ has reduced into vowel /i/ (and /w/ to /u/): ''omai'' < ''*omaj''
+*Two different plosives at a syllable boundary tend to be pronounced with only a geminated version of the first consonant: ''roktare'' /ɹɔ'k:aˑɹe/
 ===Script===