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Vowel Diacritic

1. Diacritic types

Name

Diagetic

Symbol

sound

Purpose

Diaeresis

Ä/ä

Ë/ë

Ï/ï

Ö/ö

Ü/ö

/aː/

/eː/

/ɪː/

/oː/

/uː/

Indicate a long vowel.

Directional A:

  1. Circumflex

  2. Caron

  3. Grave below

  4. Acute below

  5. Macron

  6. Macron below

  1. Â/â

  2. Ǎ/ǎ

  3. À/à

  4. Á/á

  5. Ā/ā

  6. A̱/a̱

  1. /e/

  2. /o/

  3. /a/

  4. /a/

  5. /a/

  6. /a/

Indicate directionality in verbs.

  1. Up

  2. Down

  3. Left

  4. Right

  5. Neutral Vertical

  6. Neutral Horizontal

2. Vowel Cluster

In all case of words with vowel cluster, for example “Fiā”, vowels are pronounced in separate syllables.