Editing Shoshoni language (section)

===Vowels===
Shoshoni has a typical [[Numic]] [[vowel]] inventory of five vowels. In addition, there is the common [[diphthong]] {{IPA|/ai/}}, which functions as a simple vowel and varies rather freely with {{IPA|[e]}}; however, certain [[morphemes]] always contain {{IPA|[ai]}} and others always contain {{IPA|[e]}}. All vowels occur as short or long, but {{IPA|[aiː]}}/{{IPA|[eː]}} is rare.<ref name=":3" />{{Rp|3}}

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! rowspan="2" colspan="2" | 
! rowspan="2" | [[Front vowel|Front]]
! colspan="2" | [[Back vowel|Back]]
|-
! {{small|unrounded}}
! {{small|rounded}}
|-
! rowspan="2" | [[Close vowel|High]]
! {{small|[[Vowel length|short]]}}
| {{IPAlink|i}}
| {{IPAlink|ɨ}}
| {{IPAlink|u}}
|-
! {{small|[[Vowel length|long]]}}
| {{IPAlink|iː}}
| {{IPAlink|ɨː}}
| {{IPAlink|uː}}
|-
! rowspan="2" | [[Mid vowel|Mid]]
! {{small|short}}
| {{IPA|ai}}
| 
| {{IPAlink|o}}
|-
! {{small|long}}
| {{IPA|aiː}}
| 
| {{IPAlink|oː}}
|-
! rowspan="2" | [[Open vowel|Low]]
! {{small|short}}
| 
| {{IPAlink|a}}
| 
|-
! {{small|long}}
| 
| {{IPAlink|aː}}
| 
|}