Editing Slavomolisano dialect (section)

===Vowels===
The vocalic system of Molise Slavic has seven distinct vowel qualities, as follows:<ref name=DMAC/>

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! [[Front vowel|Front]]
! [[Central vowel|Central]]
! [[Back vowel|Back]]
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|{{IPA link|i}}
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|{{IPA link|u}}
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|{{IPA link|e}}
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|{{IPA link|o}}
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|{{IPA link|ɛ}}
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|{{IPA link|ɔ}}
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|{{IPA link|a}}
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* Besides these vowels, there is also a [[Syllabic consonant|syllabic]] {{IPA|/r̩/}} that functions as a vowel.<ref name=DMAC/> Some speakers insert an epenthetic {{IPA|[ɛ]}} before the {{IPA|/r/}} instead of pronouncing the {{IPA|/r/}} as syllabic.<ref name=DMAC/>
* There are two tones, rising and falling. A falling tone can be found only on single stressed initial syllables. A rising tone spreads over two equally-stressed syllables (or one stressed followed by one more stressed), except in cases where the second syllable has been lost. If the second syllable is long, some speakers only stress the second syllable.<ref name=DMAC/>
* An opposition exists between long and short vowels, but only in stressed position. Vowels with a falling tone are sometimes long, and the second vowel with a rising tone is always long unless it is word-final, in which case the first vowel with a rising tone is long instead if the second vowel is voiceless or lost. Vowel length is only distinctive with falling tone; with rising tone, it is entirely predictable.<ref name=DMAC/>
* {{IPA|/ɛ/}} and {{IPA|/ɔ/}} are found almost exclusively in loanwords.<ref name=DMAC/>
* {{IPA|[ɪ]}} appears as an allophone of unstressed {{IPA|/i/}}, especially next to nasal consonants.<ref name=DMAC/>
* In posttonic position, there is a tendency to lower vowels, so that both {{IPA|/o/}} and {{IPA|/e/}} merge with {{IPA|/a/}} (though some conservative speakers do not have this merger). {{IPA|/i/}} and {{IPA|/u/}} are also often lowered to {{IPA|[ɪ]}} and {{IPA|[ʊ]}}, but remain distinct.<ref name=DMAC/>
* Etymologically short vowels become [[voiceless]] in final position. Among younger speakers they are often dropped altogether. {{IPA|/i̥/}} is almost universally dropped, {{IPA|/ḁ/}} (and {{IPA|/e̥/}} and {{IPA|/o̥/}}, which have largely merged with {{IPA|/ḁ/}}) less commonly, and {{IPA|/u̥/}} is retained by almost everyone in all positions.<ref name=DMAC/>