Editing Lezgian language (section)

===Vowels===
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|+ Vowels of Lezgian{{sfn|Chitoran|Babaliyeva|2007|p=2153}}{{sfn|Haspelmath|1993|pp=28, 31}}
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! rowspan="2" |
! colspan="2" | [[Front vowel|Front]]
! rowspan=2| [[Central vowel|Central]]
! rowspan="2" | [[Back vowel|Back]]
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! <small>unrounded</small>
! <small>[[Roundedness|rounded]]</small>
|-
! [[Close vowel|Close]]
| {{IPAlink|i}} {{angbr|и}} || {{IPAlink|y}} {{angbr|уь}}
| {{IPAslink|ɨ}} {{angbr|ы}}{{efn|Dialectal}}
| {{IPAlink|u}} {{angbr|у}}
|-
! [[Mid vowel|Mid]]
| {{IPAlink|e}} {{angbr|е, э}}
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| {{IPAlink|o}} {{angbr|o}}{{efn|in Russian loanwords}}
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! [[Open vowel|Open]]
| {{IPAlink|æ}} {{angbr|я}}
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| {{IPAlink|a}} {{angbr|а}}
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* {{IPA|/a/}} has two main allophones: {{IPA|[ɑ]}} and {{IPA|[ʌ]}}; the former prevails in closed syllables (especially before uvulars and {{IPA|/r/}}), the latter in open syllables.{{sfn|Haspelmath|1993|p=32}}
* {{IPA|/a/}} is very often rounded and raised to {{IPAslink|ɔ}} after labialized consonants, which may then lose their labialization. For example, {{lang|lez|кӏвач}} {{gloss|foot}} {{IPA|/k’ʷat͡ʃʰ/}} becomes {{IPA|[k’ʷɔt͡ʃʰ]}} or {{IPA|[k’ɔt͡ʃʰ]}}.{{sfn|Haspelmath|1993|p=32}}
* {{IPA|/e/}} is more open {{IPAblink|ɛ}} in stressed syllables and {{IPAslink|ɪ}} or {{IPAblink|e}} in pre-stress syllables. In the environment of labialized consonants /e/ is often pronounced as {{IPAblink|ø}}~{{IPAblink|œ}}.{{sfn|Haspelmath|1993|p=32}}
* if a vowel plus {{IPA|/n/}} sequence is not followed by a vowel, the {{IPA|/n/}} may be deleted and the vowel nasalized. Thus {{IPA|/zun/}} {{gloss|I}} can be pronounced {{IPA|[zũ]}}.{{sfn|Haspelmath|1993|p=35}}
* Chitoran and Babaliyeva show, at least for Babaliyeva in her native Yargun dialect, pre-tonic high vowels are [[Syncope (phonology)|syncopated]].{{sfn|Chitoran|Babaliyeva|2007|pp=2154, 2156}}