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==Phonology== | ==Phonology== | ||
[[File:Whitsoot english vowels.png|thumb|right|Averaged vowel formants for speakers from Whitsoot. Note the heavily fronted /oʊ/ in words like ''sew'', ''rowed'', ''mown'', and ''bow'' (for a violin), and the backed /o/ in words like ''so'', ''road'', ''moan'', and ''beau''.]] | [[File:Whitsoot english vowels.png|thumb|right|Averaged vowel formants for speakers from Prichette County, Oregon, including Whitsoot and many of its suburbs. Note the heavily fronted /oʊ/ in words like ''sew'', ''rowed'', ''mown'', and ''bow'' (for a violin), and the backed /o/ in words like ''so'', ''road'', ''moan'', and ''beau''.]] | ||
Whitsoot English is distinguished by the following phonological features: | Whitsoot English is distinguished by the following phonological features: | ||
* Like most American English, Whitsoot English is firmly rhotic; /r/ is realized as the typical Western American [ɻ~ɻʷ]. | * Like most American English, Whitsoot English is firmly rhotic; /r/ is realized as the typical Western American [ɻ~ɻʷ]. |
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