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A grammar of Pite Saami, 2014

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3.2 Vowels<br />

Table 3.16: Distribution <strong>of</strong> vowel phonemes in the three prosodic vowel slots<br />

vowel V1 V2 V3<br />

i + + +<br />

e + + -<br />

ɛ + (-) +<br />

a + + +<br />

aː + + -<br />

ɔ + + -<br />

o + + -<br />

u + + +<br />

u͡a + - -<br />

(134) /jimki-t/ jimkit<br />

[jimkɪtʰ]<br />

‘blink-inf’<br />

(135) /li-jin/ lijin<br />

[lijɪn]<br />

‘be-3pl.pst’<br />

(136) /ʧilmi-jt/ tjilmijt<br />

[ʧilmijt]<br />

‘eye-acc.pl’<br />

[2775]<br />

[4114]<br />

[1877]<br />

3.2.1.2 Close-mid front vowel<br />

The segment /e/ is a close-mid front vowel. In V1 position, it is realized as a slight<br />

diphthong [i͡e], while in V2 position it is normally a monophthong [e]. It is not<br />

attested in V3 position. 19 Some examples are found in (137) through (139).<br />

(137) /elːo/ ello<br />

[i͡elːo]<br />

‘reindeer.herd\nom.sg’<br />

(138) /reʰpe-ha/ rehpeha<br />

[ri͡ehpeha] ‘red.fox-nom.pl’<br />

(139) /kole/ guole<br />

[kʊ͡ole]<br />

‘fish\nom.pl’<br />

[0449]<br />

[2790]<br />

[pit110413a.002]<br />

19 Note that, in the current working orthography, the V3 position can contain the grapheme ,<br />

but this is in fact the phoneme /i/ realized as [ɪ].<br />

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