generate questions: Catalan has inherited the typical vowel system of Vulgar Latin, with seven stressed phonemes: /a ɛ e i ɔ o u/, a common feature in Western Romance, except Spanish. Balearic has also instances of stressed /ə/. Dialects differ in the different degrees of vowel reduction, and the incidence of the pair /ɛ e/.
Where does Catalan get its vowel system? {sep_token} How many stressed phenoms are there? {sep_token} Where is this a common feature? {sep_token} What is the exception to this common characteristic? {sep_token} What differs in vowel reduction? {sep_token}