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=== Vowels === | === Vowels === | ||
i /i/ | i /i/ i: /iː/ e /e/ e: /eː/ a /a/ a: /aː/ o /o/ o: /oː/ u /u/ u: /uː/ ai /aj/ au /aw/ | ||
By default, these vowels sound like [i e æ o u ɛj ɛw]; in RTR environments, [ɪ ɛ ɑ ɔ ʊ ɑj ɑw]. An RTR envionment is any vowel adjacent to an emphatic consonant (a cluster containing d, r, or rr). | By default, these vowels sound like [i e æ o u ɛj ɛw]; in RTR environments, [ɪ ɛ ɑ ɔ ʊ ɑj ɑw]. An RTR envionment is any vowel adjacent to an emphatic consonant (a cluster containing d, r, or rr). | ||
Hiatus is always indicated with a diaeresis over the second vowel. | |||
=== Phonotactics === | === Phonotactics === | ||
Initial emphatics are not allowed. Vowel hiatus is. | Initial emphatics are not allowed. Vowel hiatus is. | ||