•All East
Kainji languages so far studied have a relatively simple phonology and broadly
resemble one another.
The system of εBoze is given below as an example. εBoze has eight phonemic
vowels;
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• Front Central Back
•Close i
u
•Close-Mid e
ə o
•Open-Mid ε ɔ
•Open a
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•All
vowels have contrastive length and there are no nasalised vowels.