| i [i] | u [u] |
| a [æ] | o [ɔ] |
Diphthongs and triphthongs occur but are subject to the restriction that linearly adjacent vowels must be adjacent on the vowel square: thus iu, oa, iao and so forth occur, but not *io or *ua.
Saturday, February 11, 2012
Vowels
There are four. Romanized spelling and phonetic values are given below.
Diphthongs and triphthongs occur but are subject to the restriction that linearly adjacent vowels must be adjacent on the vowel square: thus iu, oa, iao and so forth occur, but not *io or *ua.
Diphthongs and triphthongs occur but are subject to the restriction that linearly adjacent vowels must be adjacent on the vowel square: thus iu, oa, iao and so forth occur, but not *io or *ua.
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