Editing Awadhi language (section)

=== Vowels ===
Awadhi possesses both voiced and [[Voicelessness|voiceless]] vowels. The voiced vowels are: /ə/, /ʌ/, /aː/, /ɪ/, /iː/, /ʊ/, /uː/, /e/, /eː/, /o/, /oː/.<ref>{{Harvcoltxt|Saxena|1971|p=23}}</ref> The voiceless vowels, also described as "whispered vowels" are: /i̥/, /ʊ̥/, /e̥/.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/onlanguageselect0000gree|url-access=registration|quote=awadhi.|title=On Language: Selected Writings of Joseph H. Greenberg|last1=Greenberg|first1=Joseph Harold|last2=Kemmer|first2=Suzanne|date=1990|publisher=Stanford University Press|isbn=9780804716130|pages=[https://archive.org/details/onlanguageselect0000gree/page/85 85]|language=en}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! 
! [[Front vowel|Front]]
! [[Near-front vowel|Near-front]]
! [[Central vowel|Central]]
! [[Near-back vowel|Near-back]]
! [[Back vowel|Back]]
|-
! [[Close vowel|Close]]
| iː i̥
| 
| 
| 
| uː
|-
! [[Near-close vowel|Near-close]]
| 
| ɪ
| 
| ʊ ʊ̥
| 
|-
! [[Close-mid vowel|Close-mid]]
| e eː e̥
| 
| 
| 
| o oː
|-
! [[Mid vowel|Mid]]
| 
| 
| ə
| 
| 
|-
! [[Open-mid vowel|Open-mid]]
| 
| 
| 
| 
| ʌ
|-
! [[Near-open vowel|Near-open]]
| 
| 
| 
| 
| 
|-
! [[Open vowel|Open]]
| aː
| 
| 
| 
| 
|}





==== Vowel combinations ====
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{| class="wikitable mw-datatable"
|+Diphthongs
! rowspan="2" style="text-align: center;" |Combination
! colspan="2" style="text-align: center;" |Example
! rowspan="2" style="text-align: center;" |Meaning
|-
![[International Phonetic Alphabet|IPA]]
![[ISO 15919|Transliteration]]
|- style="text-align: center;"
||/ɪaː/
||/d͡ʒɪaː/
||jiā
||"elder sister"
|- style="text-align: center;"
||/ɪeː/
||/d͡ʒɪeː/
||jiē
||"became alive"
|- style="text-align: center;"
||/ʌiː/
||/nʌiː/
||naī
||"new"
|- style="text-align: center;"
||/ʌɪ/
||/bʰʌɪ/
||bhai
||"became"
|- style="text-align: center;"
||/ʌeː/
||/gʌeː/
||gaē
||"(they) went"
|- style="text-align: center;"
||/ʌʊ/
||/t̪ʌʊ/
||tau
||"then"
|- style="text-align: center;"
||/ʌuː/
||/gʌuː/
||gaū
||"cow"
|- style="text-align: center;"
||/ʊʌ/
||/kʊ̃ʌn/
||kũan
||"wells (obl.)"
|- style="text-align: center;"
||/ʊiː/
||/d̪ʊiː/
||duī
||"two"
|- style="text-align: center;"
||/ʊaː/
||/bʊaː/
||buā
||"father's sister"
|- style="text-align: center;"
||/uːiː/
||/ruːiː/
||rūī
||"cotton"
|- style="text-align: center;"
||/aːoː/
||/aːoː/
||āō
||"come"
|- style="text-align: center;"
||/aːeː/
||/kʰaːeː/
||khāē
||"eaten"
|- style="text-align: center;"
||/aːiː/
||/aːiː/
||āī
||"came"
|- style="text-align: center;"
||/aːuː/
||/naːuː/
||nāū
||"barber"
|- style="text-align: center;"
||/eːiː/
||/d̪eːiː/
||dēī
||"will give"
|- style="text-align: center;"
||/eːʊ/
||/d̪eːʊ/
||dēu
||"give"
|- style="text-align: center;"
||/oːɪ/
||/hoːɪ/
||hōi
||"may be"
|- style="text-align: center;"
||/oʊ/
||/hoʊ/
||hōu
||"be"
|}
{| class="wikitable mw-datatable"
|+Triphthongs
! rowspan="2" style="text-align: center;" |Combination
! colspan="2" style="text-align: center;" |Example
! rowspan="2" style="text-align: center;" |Meaning
|-
![[International Phonetic Alphabet|IPA]]
![[ISO 15919|Transliteration]]
|- style="text-align: center;"
||/ɪeʊ/
||/pɪeʊ/
||pieu
||"(you) drank"
|- style="text-align: center;"
||/ʊɪaː/
||/gʰʊ̃ɪaː/
||ghũiā
||"the root of Arum"
|- style="text-align: center;"
||/aːeʊ/
||/kʰaːeʊ/
||khāeu
||"(you) ate"
|- style="text-align: center;"
||/ʌɪaː/
||/bʰʌɪaː/
||bhaiā
||"brother"
|}