Editing Hausa language (section)

===Vowels===
[[File:Hausa vowel chart.svg|right|upright=1.13|thumb|Hausa vowel chart, from {{Harvcoltxt|Schuh|Yalwa|1999|p=91}}. The short vowels {{IPA|/i, u, a/|cat=no}} have a much wider range of allophones than what is presented on the chart.]]
Hausa vowels occur in five different vowel qualities, all of which can be short or long, totaling 10 [[monophthong]]s. In addition, there are four [[diphthong]]s, giving a total number of 14 vocalic phonemes.
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![[Front vowel|Front]]
![[Central vowel|Central]]
![[Back vowel|Back]]
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![[Close vowel|Close]]
|{{IPA link|i iː}}
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|{{IPA link|u uː}}
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![[Mid vowel|Mid]]
|{{IPA link|e eː}}
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|{{IPA link|o oː}}
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![[Open vowel|Open]]
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|{{IPA link|a aː}}
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In comparison with the long vowels, the short {{IPA|/i, u/}} can be similar in quality to the long vowels, [[mid-centralized]] to {{IPA|[{{IPAplink|ɪ}}, {{IPAplink|ʊ}}]}} or centralized to {{IPA|[{{IPAplink|ɨ}}, {{IPAplink|ʉ}}]}}.{{sfnp|Schuh|Yalwa|1999|pp=90–91}}

Medial {{IPA|/i, u/}} can be neutralized to {{IPA|[{{IPAplink|ɨ}} ~ {{IPAplink|ʉ}}]}}, with the rounding depending on the environment.{{sfnp|Schuh|Yalwa|1999|p=90}}

Medial {{IPA|/e, o/}} are neutralized with {{IPA|/a/}}.{{sfnp|Schuh|Yalwa|1999|p=90}}

The short {{IPA|/a/}} can be either similar in quality to the long {{IPA|/aː/}}, or it can be as high as {{IPAblink|ə}}, with possible intermediate pronunciations ({{IPA|[{{IPAplink|ɐ}} ~ {{IPAplink|ɜ}}]}}).{{sfnp|Schuh|Yalwa|1999|pp=90–91}}

The 4 diphthongs in Hausa are {{IPA|/ai, au, iu, ui/}}.