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docs/phonemes.md: restructure the vowel height and backness features.

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- [Manner](#manner)
- [Phonation](#phonation)
- [Voice](#voice)
- [Vowel Height](#vowel-height)
- [Vowel Backness](#vowel-backness)
- [Rounding and Labialization](#rounding-and-labialization)
- [Vowel Rounding](#vowel-rounding)
- [References](#references)
@@ -179,6 +181,26 @@ The phonation features describe the degree to which the glottis (vocal chords) a
| voiceless | `vls` | `vls` |
| voiced | `vcd` | `mdv` |

## Vowel Height

| Feature | Name |
|---------|------------------------|
| `hgh` | close (high) |
| `smh` | near-close (semi-high) |
| `umd` | close-mid (upper-mid) |
| `mid` | mid |
| `lmd` | open-mid (lower-mid) |
| `sml` | near-open (semi-low) |
| `low` | open (low) |

## Vowel Backness

| Feature | Name |
|---------|-----------------|
| `fnt` | front |
| `cnt` | center |
| `bck` | back |

## Rounding and Labialization

| Feature | Name | Rounded | Position |

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- [Manner of Articulation](#manner-of-articulation)
- [Place of Articulation](#place-of-articulation)
- [Voice](#voice)
- [Rounding](#rounding)
- [Vowels](#vowels)
- [Rounding](#rounding)
- [Height](#height)
- [Backness](#backness)
- [Diacritics](#diacritics)
- [Articulation](#articulation)
- [Air Flow](#air-flow)
- [Phonation](#phonation)
- [Rounding and Labialization](#rounding-and-labialization)
- [Features](#features)
- [Vowel Height](#vowel-height)
- [Vowel Backness](#vowel-backness)
- [Syllabicity](#syllabicity)
- [Consonant Release](#consonant-release)
- [Fortis and Lenis](#fortis-and-lenis)
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distinction is not needed to classify these vowels, so is not included in the
above table.

### Height

| Feature | Name |
|---------|------------------------|
| `hgh` | close (high) |
| `smh` | near-close (semi-high) |
| `umd` | close-mid (upper-mid) |
| `mid` | mid |
| `lmd` | open-mid (lower-mid) |
| `sml` | near-open (semi-low) |
| `low` | open (low) |

### Backness

| Feature | Name |
|---------|-----------------|
| `fnt` | front |
| `cnt` | center |
| `bck` | back |

### Rounding

| Feature | Name |
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## Features

### Vowel Height

| Feature | Name |
|---------|------------------------|
| `hgh` | close (high) |
| `smh` | near-close (semi-high) |
| `umd` | close-mid (upper-mid) |
| `mid` | mid |
| `lmd` | open-mid (lower-mid) |
| `sml` | near-open (semi-low) |
| `low` | open (low) |

### Vowel Backness

| Feature | Name |
|---------|-----------------|
| `fnt` | front |
| `cnt` | center |
| `bck` | back |

### Syllabicity

| Feature | Symbol | Name |

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