Editing Sango language (section)

=== Vowels ===
Sango has seven oral and five nasal vowels.<ref name="karan_phonology" /> Vowel quality and number of nasalized vowels may be affected by the mother tongue of non-native speakers of Sango.<ref name="karan_phonology" />

{| class="wikitable"
|+ Sango vowels<ref name="karan_phonology">{{Harvcoltxt|Karan|2006|loc=12.5 The phonology of Sango}}</ref>
! rowspan="2" | &nbsp;
! colspan="2" | [[Oral vowel]]s
! colspan="2" | [[Nasal vowel]]s
|-
! [[Front vowel|Front]]
! [[Back vowel|Back]]
! Front
! Back
|-
! [[Close vowel|Close]]
| align="center" | {{IPA link|i}}
| align="center" | {{IPA link|u}}
| align="center" | {{IPA link|ĩ}}
| align="center" | {{IPA link|ũ}}
|-
! [[Close-mid vowel|Close-mid]]
| align="center" | {{IPA link|e}}
| align="center" | {{IPA link|o}}
| &nbsp;
| &nbsp;
|-
! [[Open-mid vowel|Open-mid]]
| align="center" | {{IPA link|ɛ}}
| align="center" | {{IPA link|ɔ}}
| align="center" | {{IPA link|ɛ̃}}
| align="center" | {{IPA link|ɔ̃}}
|-
! [[Open vowel|Open]]
| colspan="2" align="center" | {{IPA link|a}}
| colspan="2" align="center" | {{IPA link|ã}}
|}