Editing Scots language (section)

===Vowels===
The vowel system of Modern Scots:<ref>Aitken A. J. "How to Pronounce Older Scots" in ''Bards and Makars''. Glasgow
University Press 1977</ref>

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![[A. J. Aitken|Aitken]] !! [[International Phonetic Alphabet|IPA]] !! Common spellings
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| 1 || short {{IPA|/əi/}}<br>long {{IPA|/aɪ/}} || i-e, y-e, ey
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| 2 || {{IPA|/i/}} || ee, e-e, {{Not a typo|ie}}
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| 3 || {{IPA|/ei/}}{{efn|With the exception of [[North Northern Scots|North Northern dialects]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dsl.ac.uk/INTRO/intro2.php?num=28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120922070428/http://www.dsl.ac.uk/INTRO/intro2.php?num=28|archive-date=2012-09-22|title=SND INTRODUCTION|date=22 September 2012}}</ref> this vowel has generally merged with vowels 2, 4 or 8.}} || ei, ea
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| 4 || {{IPA|/e/}} || a-e, #ae
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| 5 || {{IPA|/o/}} || oa, o-e
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| 6 || {{IPA|/u/}} || ou, oo, u-e
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| 7 || {{IPA|/ø/}}{{efn|Merges with vowels 15. and 8. in central dialects and vowel 2 in Northern dialects.}}{{efn|name=oe|Also {{IPA|/(j)u/}} or {{IPA|/(j)ʌ/}} before {{IPA|/k/}} and {{IPA|/x/}} depending on dialect.}} || ui, eu{{efn|name=oe}}
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| 8 || {{IPA|/eː/}} || ai, #ay
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| 8a || {{IPA|/əi/}}{{efn|name=əi|Vowels 8a and 10 are ultimately the same vowel in Modern Scots.}} || i-e, y-e, ey
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| 9 || {{IPA|/oe/}} || oi, oy
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| 10 || {{IPA|/əi/}}{{efn|name=əi}} || i-e, y-e, ey
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| 11 || {{IPA|/iː/}} || #ee, #{{Not a typo|ie}}
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| 12 || {{IPA|/ɑː, ɔː/}} || au, #aw
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| 13 || {{IPA|/ʌu/}}{{efn|Monophthongisation to {{IPA|/o/}} may occur before {{IPA|/k/}}.}} || ow, #owe
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| 14 || {{IPA|/ju/}} || ew
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| 15 || {{IPA|/ɪ/}} || i
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| 16 || {{IPA|/ɛ/}} || e
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| 17 || {{IPA|/ɑ, a/}} || a
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| 18 || {{IPA|/ɔ/}}{{efn|Some mergers with vowel 5.}} || o
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| 19 || {{IPA|/ʌ/}} || u
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[[Vowel length]] is usually conditioned by the [[Scottish vowel length rule]].