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May 26

Vowel system

Does any language have a following vowel system:

This system has two open vowels, but only four non-open vowel, a total of six vowels. --40bus (talk) 13:25, 26 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Persian. Nardog (talk) 14:17, 26 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Old English had that, plus an umlaut vowel (or two umlaut vowels in a few dialects). AnonMoos (talk) 21:27, 26 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Bambam, Chamorro. –Austronesier (talk) 21:30, 26 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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