Vowels
Arapaho vowels can have three different pitch accents, as well as two different lengths. Vowels can be long or short, and they can have high, normal or falling pitch accent (the latter only on long vowels). There are are also three diphthongs in Arapaho, and these two can be long or short.
e | pronounced like English e in 'set' |
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i | pronounced like English i in 'sit' |
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o | pronounced like English o is 'hot' |
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u | pronounced similarly to English u in 'put' |
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ee | pronounced longer than Arapaho e |
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ii | pronounced longer than i, and sounding more like ee in 'feet' |
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oo | pronounced longer than o |
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uu | pronounced longer than u, and sounding a little more like oo in 'shoot' |
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ei | pronounced as ay in English 'say' |
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ou | pronounced as ow in English 'blow' |
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oe | pronounced roughly as English ie in 'pie' |
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eii | longer than ei, sometimes sounding like ei'i or even ei'ei |
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ouu | longer then ou, sometimes sounding like ou'u or even ou'ou |
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oee | longer then oe, sometimes sounding like oe'e or even oe'oe |