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Unaccented Vowels

The unaccented vowels are shorter and less well-formed than the accented.

Vowel	Example	Esempio	Example	IPA
a	pósanu	parola	tall	/ɐ/
i	arríriri		bid	/ɪ/
u	tunnu		put	/ʊ/

Note Regarding the Vowels

With regard to the unaccented vowels, an extremely important aspect of the Unified Sicilian Language is the existence of the mobile vowels. The mobile vowels in Sicilian are "e" and "o", because these, when they don't receive the accent, change to another vowel, mainly "i", "u" or "a". The history of this phenomenon is still to be discovered, however there are possible hypotheses.

The unaccented "e" in the Unified Sicilian Language does NOT exist. This "e" either drops or changes to another vowel, for the most part "i" or "a".

        Ex.: pézzu > pizzúddu

The unaccented "o" in the Unified Sicilian Language does NOT exist. This "o" either drops or changes to another vowel, for the most part "u" or "a".

        Ex.: sóru > surúdda