Catalan language
In Western Catalan, unstressed vowels reduce to five: /e e/ > [e]; /o o/ > [o]; /a u i/ remain distinct. This reduction pattern, inherited from Proto-Romance, is also found in Italian and Portuguese. Some Western dialects present further reduction or vowel harmony in some cases.
What do unstressed vowels reduce to in Western Catalan?
five
In Western Catalan, unstressed vowels reduce to five: /e e/ > [e]; /o o/ > [o]; /a u i/ remain distinct.
Western Catalan