Scellan/Accents: Difference between revisions
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*/œ y/ are commonly centralized, closer to [ɞ ʉ]. /œ/ and stressed /ə/ may merge to [ɜ] | */œ y/ are commonly centralized, closer to [ɞ ʉ]. /œ/ and stressed /ə/ may merge to [ɜ] | ||
*/ai ui au ɛu iu ɛɪ œy ɔu iə yə uə/ = [ai ui au ɛu iu ɛɪ ɞʉ ɔu iə yə uə] | */ai ui au ɛu iu ɛɪ œy ɔu iə yə uə/ = [ai ui au ɛu iu ɛɪ ɞʉ ɔu iə yə uə] | ||
*epenthesis in /rC/ clusters when C = nasal or /v/. For example, ''arm'' 'to live' is [ˈaɾəm]. | *epenthesis in /rC/ clusters when C = nasal or /v/. For example, ''arm'' 'to live' is [ˈaɾəm]. | ||
*Nasal vowels are also consistently pharyngealized, resulting in mergers. The pharyngealization is stronger before nasals. | *Nasal vowels are also consistently pharyngealized, resulting in mergers. The pharyngealization is stronger before nasals. | ||
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* /ɨ ɛ œ a ɔ/ are usually short. | * /ɨ ɛ œ a ɔ/ are usually short. | ||
* /i y | * /i y u ɛi ɔu œy/ are usually long in the following environments and short elsewhere: | ||
** In stressed syllables before voiced fricatives /v ð z ʒ/, and also before /r/. | ** In stressed syllables before voiced fricatives /v ð z ʒ/, and also before /r/. | ||
** In open syllables. | ** In open syllables. | ||
** Before another vowel. | ** Before another vowel. | ||
** Before a morpheme boundary. | ** Before a morpheme boundary. | ||
**/ɛɪ œy ɔu/ in short environments are realized as [eiˑ øyˑ ouˑ]. | |||
===Lleeband=== | ===Lleeband=== | ||