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Linking R is used for vowels that come from Middle Skellan Vr sequences (unlike in Vornian itself).
Linking R is used for vowels that come from Middle Skellan Vr sequences (unlike in Vornian itself).


Vowels are essentially "non-rhotic Lleeband Eevo":
Vowels are essentially "non-rhotic Lleebrand Eevo":
*/a/ is fronted to [æ]; [æjə] before nasals.
*/a/ is fronted to [æ]; [æjə] before nasals.
*/ʉ ʉə ɵ/ are unrounded to [ɨ ɨə ɜ].
*/ʉ ʉə ɵ/ are unrounded to [ɨ ɨə ɜ].
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Stereotypes: pretentious; trying too hard to be literary or artsy; a certain type of liberal person known as ''łyleeneþwñ''.
Stereotypes: pretentious; trying too hard to be literary or artsy; a certain type of liberal person known as ''łyleeneþwñ''.


A Fyxoomian "hipster" sociolect based on the Lleeband accent but incorporating deliberate archaisms and Skellanisms.
A Fyxoomian "hipster" sociolect based on the Lleebrand accent but incorporating deliberate archaisms and Skellanisms.
*/ai ui au ɛu iu ɛɪ œy ɔu iə yə uə/ = [aiː wiː auː euː juː əiː əɨː ouː jəː ɨəː wəː]
*/ai ui au ɛu iu ɛɪ œy ɔu iə yə uə/ = [aiː wiː auː euː juː əiː əɨː ouː jəː ɨəː wəː]
*/œ/-/ə/ merger: the merged /ə~œ/ is very low and back [ɒ].
*/œ/-/ə/ merger: the merged /ə~œ/ is very low and back [ɒ].
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