Editing Manx language (section)

===Vowels===
The [[vowel]] phoneme inventory of Manx:<ref>Broderick 1993, 230–33</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
! rowspan="2" |
! colspan="2" | [[Front vowel|Front]]
! colspan="2" | [[Central vowel|Central]]
! colspan="2" | [[Back vowel|Back]]
|-
! <small>[[Vowel length|Short]]</small> || <small>Long</small>
! <small>Short</small> || <small>Long</small>
! <small>Short</small> || <small>Long</small>
|-
! [[Close vowel|Close]]
| {{IPA link|i}} || {{IPA link|iː}}
| ||
| {{IPA link|u}} || {{IPA link|uː}}
|-
! [[Mid vowel|Mid]]
| {{IPA link|e}} || {{IPA link|eː}}
| {{IPA link|ə}} || {{IPA link|øː}}
| {{IPA link|o}} || {{IPA link|oː}}
|-
! [[Open vowel|Open]]
| {{IPA link|æ}} || {{IPA link|æː}}
| {{IPA link|a}} || {{IPA link|aː}}
| {{IPA link|ɔ}} || {{IPA link|ɔː}}
|}

The status of {{IPA|[æ]}} and {{IPA|[æː]}} as separate phonemes is debatable, but is suggested by the allophony of certain words such as {{lang|gv|ta}} "is", {{lang|gv|mraane}} "women", and so on. An alternative analysis is that Manx has the following system, where the vowels {{IPA|/a/}} and {{IPA|/aː/}} have allophones ranging from {{IPA|[ɛ]/[ɛː]}} through {{IPA|[æ]/[æː]}} to {{IPA|[a]/[aː]}}. As with Irish and Scottish Gaelic, there is a large amount of vowel allophony, such as that of {{IPA|/a/, /aː/}}. This depends mainly on the 'broad' and 'slender' status of the neighbouring consonants:

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|+ Manx vowel phonemes and their allophones
|-
! Phoneme
! "Slender"
! "Broad"
|-
| {{IPA|/i/, /iː/}}
| {{IPA|[i], [iː]}}
| {{IPA|[ɪ], [ɪː]}}
|-
| {{IPA|/e/, /eː/}}
| {{IPA|[e]/[eː]}}
| {{IPA|[ɛ]/[ɛː]}}
|-
| {{IPA|/a/, /aː/}}
| {{IPA|[ɛ~æ]/[ɛː~æː]}}
| {{IPA|[a]/[aː]/[øː]}}
|-
| {{IPA|/ə/}}
| {{IPA|[ɨ]}}
| {{IPA|[ə]}}
|-
| {{IPA|/əi/}} (Middle Gaelic)
| {{IPA|[iː]}}
| {{IPA|[ɛː], [ɯː], [ɪː]}}
|-
| {{IPA|/o/, /oː/}}
| {{IPA|[o], [oː]}}
| {{IPA|[ɔ], [ɔː]}}
|-
| {{IPA|/u/, /uː/}}
| {{IPA|[u], [uː]}}
| {{IPA|[ø~ʊ], [uː]}}
|-
| {{IPA|/uə/}} (Middle Gaelic)
| {{IPA|[iː], [yː]}}
| {{IPA|[ɪː], [ɯː], [uː]}}
|}

When stressed, {{IPA|/ə/}} is realised as {{IPA|[ø]}}.<ref>Broderick 1993, 232–33</ref>

Manx has a relatively large number of [[diphthong]]s, all of them [[Height-harmonic|falling]]:
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|+ Manx diphthongs
! colspan="2" rowspan="2" |
! colspan="3" | Second element
|-
! {{IPA|/i/}}
! {{IPA|/u/}}
! {{IPA|/ə/}}
|-
! rowspan="3" | First <br />element
! Close
| {{IPA|ui}}
|
| {{IPA|iə, uə}}
|-
! Mid
| {{IPA|ei, əi, oi}}
| {{IPA|eu, əu}}
|
|-
! Open
| {{IPA|ai}}
| {{IPA|au}}
|
|}