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This article is about the phonology and phonetics of the Upper Sorbian language. ==Vowels== The vowel inventory of Upper Sorbian is exactly the same as that of Lower Sorbian. It is also very similar to the vowel inventory of Slovene. * Word-initial vowels are rare, and are often preceded by a non-phonemic glottal stop , or sometimes . never appear in word-initial position, whereas appear in word-initial position only in recent borrowings. * is mid-centralized to after hard consonants.〔. The author states that is less front and somewhat lower than , but unlike Russian , it is front, not central.〕 * are diphthongized to in slow speech. * has three allophones: * * Open-mid between hard consonants and after a hard consonant; * * Mid between soft consonants and after a soft consonant (excluding in both cases); * * Diphthong with a mid onset before . * has two allophones: * * Diphthong with a mid onset before labial consonants; * * Open-mid in all other cases. * The and distinctions are weakened or lost in unstressed syllables. * is phonetically central . It is somewhat higher after soft consonants. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Upper Sorbian phonology」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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