Ylysepen:vowels

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Ylysepen has 9 vowels. Each front vowel has a back counterpart, each close vowel has a mid counterpart, and each unrounded vowel has a rounded counterpart. The only exception is "a" which has none.

	Front	Back
Close	i • y	ɯ • u
Mid	e • ø	ʌ • o
Open	a

Most vowels are represented by one sound. A few can be represented in multiple ways depending on context.

Phoneme	Letter(s)	Examples
i	é • i	kim, énur
y	y	yly, kyg̈
ɯ	w	owre, lwken
u	u	um, uabl
e	á • e	tenerát, njámju
ø	o̧	o̧s, korgo̧
ʌ	u • e • a	kurgis, tjikle, talura
o	o	koner, owre
a	a	saa, zvaren