Key
| Vowels[11] |
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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 made | ɪ | i | | incipit | mit | i | | i y | īra, mīlle | mead | iː | ī | | ɔ | o | | omnis | off | o | | o | oː | ō | | ōrdō | RP or Australian law | ʊ | u | | urbs | put | u | | u | lūna | cool | uː | ū | | ʏ | y[2] | cyclus | Scottish cute | yː | ȳ[2] | cȳma | Scottish cued | Vowels that precede vowels[12] |
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e | eV | | mea | Scottish mate | i | iV | Italia | peace | Diphthongs |
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ae̯ | ae | | caelum | sigh | oe̯ | oe | poena | boy | au̯ | au | aurum | cow | ei̯ | ei | mei | say | eu̯ | eu | deus | no English equivalent; Spanish euro | ui̯ | ui | cui | ruin | Nasal vowels[8] |
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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 in hiatus[14] |
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Notes
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