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** Some scholars<ref>For example {{Harvcoltxt|Zimmer|Orgun|1999}}</ref> transcribe {{IPA|/ø/}} as {{IPA|/œ/}}. This article uses the former symbol for simplicity, and because {{IPA|/ø/}} has the same height as the other mid vowels {{IPA|/e/}} and {{IPA|/o/}}.
* {{IPA|/a/}} has been variously described as central {{IPAblink|ä}}<ref name="zo155"/> and back {{IPAblink|ɑ}}.<ref name="gk10"/> For simplicity, this article uses the diacriticless symbol {{angle bracket|a}}, even in phonetic transcription. {{IPA|/a/}} is phonologically a back vowel, because it patterns with other back vowels in harmonic processes and the alternation of adjacent consonants (see above). The vowel {{IPA|/e/}} plays the role as the "front" analog of {{IPA|/a/}}.
* {{IPA|/i, y, ɯ, u, e, ø/}} (but not {{IPA|/o, a/}}) are lowered to {{IPA|[{{IPA link|ɪ}}, {{IPA link|ʏ}}, {{IPA link
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