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===Vowels - Camiyuiçai=== | ===Vowels - Camiyuiçai=== | ||
The vowel inventory of Chlouvānem is fairly large too, consisting of | The vowel inventory of Chlouvānem is fairly large too, consisting of 25 phonemes: 14 monophthongs, 9 diphthongs, and 2 syllabic consonants.<br/> | ||
Phonetically, there are also nasal vowels, but they are phonetically /VN/ sequences. On the contrary, breathy-voiced vowels may phonetically surface as [Vh] or [Vχ] in some contexts (most notably before stops) in some pronunciations — e.g. ''tąkis'' /tɑ̤kis/ (a kind of herb) pronounced in Cami as [ˈtaxkʲis]. | Phonetically, there are also nasal vowels, but they are phonetically /VN/ sequences. On the contrary, breathy-voiced vowels may phonetically surface as [Vh] or [Vχ] in some contexts (most notably before stops) in some pronunciations — e.g. ''tąkis'' /tɑ̤kis/ (a kind of herb) pronounced in Cami as [ˈtaxkʲis]. | ||
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| '''Low''' || æ || a aː || ɑ̤ | | '''Low''' || æ || a aː || ɑ̤ | ||
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| '''Diphthongs''' || aɪ̯ eɪ̯ eɐ̯ a̤ɪ̯ e̤ɪ̯ || ɔə̯ || aʊ̯ ɔu̯ | | '''Diphthongs''' || aɪ̯ eɪ̯ eɐ̯ a̤ɪ̯ e̤ɪ̯ || ɔə̯ || aʊ̯ ɔu̯ a̤ʊ̯ | ||
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| '''Syllabic consonants''' || || ʀ̩ ʀ̩ː || | | '''Syllabic consonants''' || || ʀ̩ ʀ̩ː || | ||