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Vowels
[edit]The vowel system of White Hmong and Green Mong is as shown in the following charts. Phonemes particular to each dialect are color coded respectively:
| Monophthongs | Oral | Nasal | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Front | Central | Back | Front | Centeral | Back | ||
| Close | i | ɨ | u | ||||
| Mid | e | ɔ | ẽ | ɔ̃ | |||
| Open | a | ã | |||||
| Diphthongs | Closing | Centering |
|---|---|---|
| Close component is front | ai | iə |
| Close component is central | aɨ | |
| Close component is back | au | uə |