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1. Spanish Language

   Linked via "schwa"

   Vowel System
   Spanish possesses a simple, five-vowel system inherited directly from Vulgar Latin: $/a, e, i, o, u/$. The relative stability of this system contrasts sharply with the often elaborate vowel inventories of other Romance languages. A curious feature, particularly prevalent in the dialects of the High Andes, is the phenomenon of vowel depolarization, wherein the sound for the phoneme $/i/$ automatically shifts towar…