Editing Suret language (section)

=== Vowels ===
[[File:Iraqi Koine Vowel Trapezoid.svg|thumb|upright=1.13|The vowel phonemes of Iraqi Koine]]
According to linguist [[Edward Odisho]], there are six vowel phonemes in Iraqi Koine.<ref name="ReferenceB" /> They are as follows:
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
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! [[Front vowel|Front]]
! [[Central vowel|Central]]
! [[Back vowel|Back]]
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! [[Close vowel|Close]]
| /{{IPA link|i}}/
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| /{{IPA link|u}}/
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! [[Half-close vowel|Half-close]]
| colspan="2" | /{{IPA link|ɪ}}/
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|-
![[Half open vowel|Half-open]]
|/{{IPA link|e}}/
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|/{{IPA link|o}}/
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! [[Open vowel|Open]]
| colspan="2" |/{{IPA link|ä|a}}/
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|}

* {{IPA|/a/}}, as commonly uttered in words like ''n'''a'''ša'' ("man; human"), is central {{IPAblink|ä}} for many speakers. It is usually {{IPAblink|a}} in the Urmian and [[Nochiya tribe|Nochiya]] dialects. For some Urmian and [[Jilu]] speakers, {{IPAblink|æ}} may be used instead. In those having a more pronounced Jilu dialect, this vowel is mostly fronted and [[raising (phonetics)|raised]] to {{IPAblink|ɛ}}. In the [[Tyari]] and [[Barwari]] dialects, it is usually more back {{IPAblink|ɑ}}.<ref name=":0" />
*{{IPA|/ɑ/}}, a [[long vowel]], as heard in ''r'''a'''ba'' ("much; many"), may also be realised as {{IPAblink|ɒ}}, depending on the speaker. It is more rounded and higher in the Urmian dialect, where it is realised as {{IPAblink|ɔ}}.{{Citation needed|date=July 2019}}
* {{IPA|/e/}}, heard in ''b'''e'''ta'' ("house") is generally diphthongised to {{IPA|[eɪ̯]}} in the [[Andaç, Uludere|Halmon]] dialect (a Lower Tyari tribe). To note, the [aj] [[diphthong]] is a [[Conservative (language)|vestigial]] trait of [[classical Syriac]] and thereby may be used in [[Prestige (sociolinguistics)|formal speech]] as well, such as in [[Sacred language|liturgy]] and [[hymn]]s.<ref>Tsereteli, Konstantin G. (1972). "The Aramaic dialects of Iraq", Annali dell'Istituto Ori-entale di Napoli 32 (n. s. 22):245-250.</ref>
* {{IPA|/ɪ/}}, uttered in words like ''d'''ə'''dwa'' ("housefly"), is sometimes realised as {{IPAblink|ə}} (a [[schwa]]).
*The mid vowels, preserved in Tyari, Barwari, Baz and Chaldean dialects, are sometimes [[Raising (phonetics)|raised]] and [[Phonological change|merged]] with close vowels in Urmian and some other dialects:
**{{IPA|/o/}}, as in ''g'''o'''ra'' ("big"), is raised to [u]. The Urmian dialect may diphthongise it to {{IPA|[ʊj]}}.
**{{IPA|/e/}}, as in ''k'''e'''pa'' ("rock"), is raised to {{IPA|[i]}}.
*{{IPA|/o/}}, as in ''t'''o'''ra'' ("bull") may be diphthongised to {{IPA|[ɑw]}} in some Tyari, Barwari, Chaldean and Jilu dialects.
*Across many dialects, [[close vowel|close]] and [[close-mid vowel]]s are [[Near-close vowel|lax]] when they occur in a [[Syllable#Open and closed|closed syllable]]:
**{{IPA|/u/}} or {{IPA|/o/}} is usually realised as {{IPA|[ʊ]}};
**{{IPA|/i/}} or {{IPA|/e/}} is usually realised as {{IPA|[ɪ]}}.
East Syriac dialects may recognize half-close sounds as {{IPA|[ɛ]}} and also recognize the back vowel {{IPAblink|ɒ}} as a long form of {{IPA|/a/}}.<ref>{{Cite book|last1=Kaye|first1=Alan S.|title=Phonologies of Asia and Africa; Volume 2|last2=Daniels|first2=Peter T.|publisher=Eisenbrauns|year=1997|pages=127–140}}</ref>