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docs/phonemes.md: add the Vowels table from the IPA chart using Kirshenbaum features.

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- [Pulmonic](#pulmonic)
- [Non-Pulmonic](#non-pulmonic)
- [Other Symbols](#other-symbols)
- [Vowels](#vowels)
- [Features](#features)
- [Phoneme Type](#phoneme-type)
- [Voicing](#voicing)
@@ -280,6 +281,65 @@ Symbols to the left are `vls`, and to the right are `vcd`.
| ɺ | `vcd` `alv` `lat` `flp` |
| ɧ | `vls` `vzd` `pla` `frc` |

## Vowels

<table>
<tr>
<td></td>
<th colspan="2"><code>fnt</code></th>
<th colspan="2"><code>cnt</code></th>
<th colspan="2"><code>bck</code></th>
</tr>
<tr>
<th align="right"><code>hgh</code></th>
<td>i</td><td>y</td>
<td>ɨ</td><td>ʉ</td>
<td>ɯ</td><td>u</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th align="right"><code>smh</code></th>
<td>ɪ</td><td>ʏ</td>
<td> </td><td> </td>
<td> </td><td>ʊ</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th align="right"><code>umd</code></th>
<td>e</td><td>ø</td>
<td>ɘ</td><td>ɵ</td>
<td>ɤ</td><td>o</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th align="right"><code>mid</code></th>
<td> </td><td> </td>
<td>ə</td><td> </td>
<td> </td><td> </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th align="right"><code>lmd</code></th>
<td>ɛ</td><td>œ</td>
<td>ɜ</td><td>ɞ</td>
<td>ʌ</td><td>ɔ</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th align="right"><code>sml</code></th>
<td>æ</td><td> </td>
<td>ɐ</td><td> </td>
<td> </td><td> </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th align="right"><code>low</code></th>
<td>a</td><td>ɶ</td>
<td> </td><td> </td>
<td>ɑ</td><td>ɒ</td>
</tr>
</table>

Symbols to the left are `unr`, and to the right are `rnd`.

__NOTE:__ The `smh` vowels are more `cnt` than the other vowels. However, this
distinction is not needed to classify these vowels, so is not included in the
above table.

## Features

### Phoneme Type
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### Vowel Height

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

### Vowel Backness


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