[Lhuvan phonolgy 5]
Lhuvan has got many vowel sounds. The major ones are shown in the chart. Vowels are very important for Lhuvan inflection.
| front | center | back | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| high |
/i/ |
/y:/ |
/ |
/u::/ |
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| mid-high |
/e/ |
/ø:/ |
/o::/ |
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| mid-low | /E:/ |
/O/ |
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| low | /æ:/ |
/a/ |
/å::/ |
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In each column vowels written on the left side are unrounded, those on the right are all rounded vowel sounds.