Lakon phonology

Lakon has 16 phonemic vowels. These include 8 short /i ɪ ɛ æ a ɔ ʊ u/ and 8 long vowels /iː ɪː ɛː æː aː ɔː ʊː uː/.

Historically, the phonemicisation of vowel length originates in the compensatory lengthening of short vowels when the alveolar trill // was lost syllable-finally.