| | Vowels[9] |
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| IPA | Latin alphabet | Examples | English approximation |
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| Class. | Eccl. |
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| a | a | anima | pasta | | aː | ā | | ācer,āctus | father | | ɛ | e | | est | met | | e | | ae/æ oe/œ e | | eː | ē | | ēlēctus | Scottish[10] made | | ɪ | i | | incipit | mit | | i | | i y | īra, mīlle | mead | | iː | ī | | | ɔ | o | | omnis | off | | o | | o | story (short) | | oː | ō | | ōrdō | story (long) | | ʊ | u | | urbs | put | | u | | u | lūna | cool (short) | | uː | ū | | cool (long) | | ʏ | y[2] | cyclus | roughly like root(some dialects[11]; short);French tu | | yː | ȳ[2] | cȳma | roughly like root(some dialects[11]; long);Germanüber | | Vowels that precede vowels[12] |
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| e | eV | | mea | Scottish[10] mate | | i | iV | Italia | peace | | Diphthongs |
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| ae̯ | ae | | caelum | sigh | | oe̯ | oe | poena | boy | | au̯ | au | aurum | cow | | ei̯ | ei | deinde | saying | | eu̯ | eu | seu | hello as pronounced byElmer Fudd:hewwo; Spanisheuro | | ui̯ | ui | cui | booyah; Gruyère | | Nasal vowels[6] |
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| ◌̃ː | um un | | mōnstrum | long nasal vowels |
| Prosody |
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| IPA | Examples | Explanation |
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| ˈ | Gāius [ˈɡaː.i.ʊs] | stress (placed before the stressed syllable)[13] | | . | syllable marker, generally between vowels inhiatus[14] |
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