Three-vowel system: Difference between revisions

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{{Short description|Proposed reduction of vowel inventory of Toki Pona}}

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|blurb=A '''[[Special:MyLanguage/Three-vowel system|three-vowel system]]''' has recurrently been proposed for [[Special:MyLanguage/Toki Pona|Toki Pona]] since the language's inception. Proposals generally keep the most extreme [[Special:MyLanguage/vowel|vowel]]s {{IPA|/a i u/}}

|blurb=A '''[[Special:MyLanguage/Three-vowel system|three-vowel system]]''' has recurrently been proposed for [[Special:MyLanguage/Toki Pona|Toki Pona]] since the language's inception. Proposals generally keep the most extreme [[Special:MyLanguage/vowel|vowel]]s {{IPA|/a i u/}} to maximize the contrast between them. They may also give each vowel a different height, such as {{IPA|/a i o/}}.

<translate> to maximize the contrast between them. They may also give each vowel a different height, such as {{IPA|/a i o/}}.

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[[File:Toki Pona vowel chart (three-vowel system).png|thumb|180x180px|<translate>Vowel chart for a three-vowel system merging {{IPA|[e]}} to {{IPA|/i/}} and {{IPA|[o]}} to {{IPA|/u/}}</translate>]]

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[[File:Toki Pona vowel chart (three-vowel system).png|thumb|180x180px|Vowel chart for a three-vowel system merging {{IPA|[e]}} to {{IPA|/i/}} and {{IPA|[o]}} to {{IPA|~~<translate>~~/u/}}</translate>]]

A '''three-vowel'''{{aside|or '''trivocalic'''}} '''system''' has recurrently been proposed for [[Special:MyLanguage/Toki Pona|Toki Pona]] since the language's inception.