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Caerimoscnë has ten vowel qualities, with each distinguishing length with a long and short equivalent. The mid vowels /e/, /o/ and /ø/ are most often true mid vowels [e̞], [o̞] and [ø̞], and the phoneme /a/ can vary between central [ä] and back [ɑ] depending on speaker. Caerimoscnë does not have a specific set of phonemic diphthongs, but sequences of any vowel followed by /i/ /u/ or /y/ are pronounced with a non-syllabic second element, which may be heard as slightly centralized ([ɪ̯], [ʊ̯] and [ʏ̯]).

It also permits the phonemes /m/, /n/, /ɲ/, /r/ and /l/ to act as syllable nuclei, which may also be long.

=== Phonotactics ===

Caerimoscnë's syllable structure allows for large consonant clusters, including those which violate the sonority hierarchy, e.g. (SCRIPT HERE) ''wthvrué'' /fθfɾweː/ "to blow a dandelion".

Caerimoscnë's syllable structure allows for large consonant clusters, including those which violate the sonority hierarchy, e.g. (SCRIPT HERE) ''wthvrué'' /fθfɾweː/ "to blow a dandelion", as well as hiatus between short vowels. All consonants apart from /w/, /j/, /ɾ/, /h/, and the voiceless resonants are able to be geminated, though this may be better analyzed as a sequence of two of the same consonant, rather than as separate phonemes. Certain sequences such as a plosive followed by /j/, or an /u/ adjacent to an /y/ are disallowed, and certain phonemes are not permitted at the ends of words, such as /θ/ and /h/, and therefore only surface upon suffixation.

All consonants apart from /w/, /j/, /ɾ/, /h/, and the voiceless resonants are able to be geminated, though this may be better analyzed as a sequence of two of the same consonant, rather than as separate phonemes.

=== Tone ===

Caerimoscnë is a tonal language, distinguishing two tones, a lower and a higher tone, where the lower can be analyzed rather as a default tone, or as the absence of tone, due to being much more common, and because it can be overridden by a high tone in certain grammatical contexts.

A vowel directly preceding a tone-causing phoneme receives a high tone. The tone-causing consonants are pronounced identically to their non-tone-causing equivalents in all contexts, and the use of voiced consonant symbols to represent them in phonemic transcription is merely a convention. Vowels can also carry a high tone themselves, irrespective of following consonants, which occurs less frequently than consonant induced tone, and is most commonly seen in certain grammatical markers. This innate tone also behaves differently than consonant induced tone, being that two consecutive syllables cannot both carry it; consonant induced tone has no such restriction.

A vowel (or syllabic resonant) directly preceding a tone-causing phoneme receives a high tone. The tone-causing consonants are pronounced identically to their non-tone-causing equivalents in all contexts, and the use of voiced consonant symbols to represent them in phonemic transcription is merely a convention. Vowels can also carry a high tone themselves, irrespective of following consonants, which occurs less frequently than consonant induced tone, and is most commonly seen in certain grammatical markers. This innate tone also behaves differently than consonant induced tone, being that two consecutive syllables cannot both carry it; consonant induced tone has no such restriction.

== Grammar ==

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 Caerimoscnë has ten vowel qualities, with each distinguishing length with a long and short equivalent. The mid vowels /e/, /o/ and /ø/ are most often true mid vowels [e̞], [o̞] and [ø̞], and the phoneme /a/ can vary between central [ä] and back [ɑ] depending on speaker. Caerimoscnë does not have a specific set of phonemic diphthongs, but sequences of any vowel followed by /i/ /u/ or /y/ are pronounced with a non-syllabic second element, which may be heard as slightly centralized ([ɪ̯], [ʊ̯] and [ʏ̯]).
+It also permits the phonemes /m/, /n/, /ɲ/, /r/ and /l/ to act as syllable nuclei, which may also be long.
 === Phonotactics ===
-Caerimoscnë's syllable structure allows for large consonant clusters, including those which violate the sonority hierarchy, e.g. (SCRIPT HERE) ''wthvrué'' /fθfɾweː/ "to blow a dandelion".
+Caerimoscnë's syllable structure allows for large consonant clusters, including those which violate the sonority hierarchy, e.g. (SCRIPT HERE) ''wthvrué'' /fθfɾweː/ "to blow a dandelion", as well as hiatus between short vowels. All consonants apart from /w/, /j/, /ɾ/, /h/, and the voiceless resonants are able to be geminated, though this may be better analyzed as a sequence of two of the same consonant, rather than as separate phonemes. Certain sequences such as a plosive followed by /j/, or an /u/ adjacent to an /y/ are disallowed, and certain phonemes are not permitted at the ends of words, such as /θ/ and /h/, and therefore only surface upon suffixation.
-All consonants apart from /w/, /j/, /ɾ/, /h/, and the voiceless resonants are able to be geminated, though this may be better analyzed as a sequence of two of the same consonant, rather than as separate phonemes.
 === Tone ===
 Caerimoscnë is a tonal language, distinguishing two tones, a lower and a higher tone, where the lower can be analyzed rather as a default tone, or as the absence of tone, due to being much more common, and because it can be overridden by a high tone in certain grammatical contexts.
-A vowel directly preceding a tone-causing phoneme receives a high tone. The tone-causing consonants are pronounced identically to their non-tone-causing equivalents in all contexts, and the use of voiced consonant symbols to represent them in phonemic transcription is merely a convention. Vowels can also carry a high tone themselves, irrespective of following consonants, which occurs less frequently than consonant induced tone, and is most commonly seen in certain grammatical markers. This innate tone also behaves differently than consonant induced tone, being that two consecutive syllables cannot both carry it; consonant induced tone has no such restriction.
+A vowel (or syllabic resonant) directly preceding a tone-causing phoneme receives a high tone. The tone-causing consonants are pronounced identically to their non-tone-causing equivalents in all contexts, and the use of voiced consonant symbols to represent them in phonemic transcription is merely a convention. Vowels can also carry a high tone themselves, irrespective of following consonants, which occurs less frequently than consonant induced tone, and is most commonly seen in certain grammatical markers. This innate tone also behaves differently than consonant induced tone, being that two consecutive syllables cannot both carry it; consonant induced tone has no such restriction.
+== Grammar ==