Phoneme: ęę

IPA: [ẽː]

ęę [ẽː]: mid front long vowel, nasalized


Word: ch’ikęęh [tʃ’ɪ.kxẽːh] “young girls (pl.)” Syllable type: CV.CVVC

Description: The mid front long vowel, nasalized, ęę [ẽː], is the nucleus of the second syllable, which is closed by a glottal fricative h [h] in coda position.