Ojo fronts questions of fact that can be answered yes or no. There are no other changes between this type of question and an indicative statement.
Questions looking for more information that a fact confirmation are formed via an ablaut process on the stressed vowel of the target word, plus the word ne, if present. In the standard romanization, ablauts are represented by a dieresis over the changed vowel:
| Statement | into | Question |
|---|---|---|
| i /i/ | → | ï /ɪ/ |
| i /ɪ/ | → | ï /ɛ/ |
| ae, ei /e/ | → | äe, ëi/ɛ/ |
| e /ɛ/ | → | ë /ɑ/ |
| a /ɑ/ | → | ä /i/ |
| u /u/ | → | ü /o/ |
| o /o/ | → | ö /ɔ/ |
| o /ɔ/ | → | ö /ɑ/ |
| ai, iy /ɑi/ | → | äi, ïy /ɔ/ |
In the chart above, it lists the standard romanization spelling and its IPA pronunciation.
