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    The document contains two feature charts: one for vowels and one for consonants. The vowel chart lists 12 vowels and describes their features regarding consonantal/vocalic nature, roundness, height, backness, frontness, lowness, and tenseness. The consonant chart lists 21 consonants and describes their features regarding consonantal nature, vocalic nature, sonorance, voicing, place of articulation, and manner of articulation. The document notes that diphthongs will be treated as their nearest pure vowels, and that the vowels [a] and [A] have identical features.

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    Feature Charts

    Linguistics 201

    Vowels i I e E æ 1 @ 2 a A u o
    consonantal - - - - - - - - - - - -
    vocalic + + + + + + + + + + + +
    round - - - - - - - - - - + +
    high + + - - - + - - - - + -
    back - - - - - - - - + + + +
    front + + + + + - - - - - - -
    low - - - - + - - + + + - -
    tense + - + - - - - - - - + +

    Note that no diphthongs appear in this chart. For the cases we will confront, we won’t need to deal with [oI], [aI], [aU] or [oU].
    For the others, because we will never have to distinguish diphthongs from their nearest pure vowels, we can treat them the same.
    Thus, treat [eI] the same as [e], [ij] the same as [i], [ow] the same as [o] and [uw] the same as [u]. Note also that [a] and [A] have
    the same features. We will never work on a language where these vowels are both present, so we needn’t consider the feature that
    distinguishes them.

    Consonants p b t d k g f v s z T D S Z Ù Ã m n N l ô j w û h P
    consonantal + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + - - - - -
    vocalic - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
    sonorant - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - + + + + + + + - - -
    voice - + - + - + - + - + - + - + - + + + + + + + + - - -
    labial + + - - - - + + - - - - - - - - + - - - - - + + - -
    coronal - - + + - - - - + + + + + + + + - + - + + - - - - -
    anterior + + + + - - + + + + + + - - - - + + - + + - - - - -
    strident - - - - - - - - + + - - + + + + - - - - - - - - - -
    nasal - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - + + + - - - - - - -
    continuant - - - - - - + + + + + + + + - - - - - + + + + + + -
    lateral - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - + - - - - - -
    p b t d k g f v s z T D S Z Ù Ã m n N l ô j w û h P

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