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Vowel system

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Does any language have a following vowel system:

Close i u
Mid e o
Open æ ɑ

This system has two open vowels, but only four non-open vowel, a total of six vowels. --40bus (talk) 13:25, 26 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Persian. Nardog (talk) 14:17, 26 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Old English had that, plus an umlaut vowel (or two umlaut vowels in a few dialects). AnonMoos (talk) 21:27, 26 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Bambam, Chamorro. –Austronesier (talk) 21:30, 26 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]