Akan Teleteaching Course
Annex 3: Vowel chart
1. All back vowels in Akan are rounded
u, ö, o, õ
2. All front vowels
i, ò, e, ñ
and the central vowel
a
are unrounded
3. High and low vowels in Akan have oral and nasalised counterparts
ú, û, æ, î, þ
4. Mid vowels in Akan are oral:
e, ñ, õ, o
(aus
Dolphyne, 1988: 7
); cf.
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