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This page describes the orthography for English used in [[Verse:Lõis]], and some Lõisian accents and dialects of English.


==Diachronics==
==Diachronics==
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pelth₂óm > PPTA pheldă > phêld "field"
pelth₂óm > PPTA pheldă > phêld "field"
 
==Accents==
==L-Standard English==
===L-Standard English===
Californian + RP. Rhoticity in idiolectal or free variation.
Californian + RP. Rhoticity in idiolectal or free variation.
===Vowels===
====Vowels====
*KIT = ɪ~ɪ̈
*KIT = ɪ~ɪ̈
*DRESS = ɛ̞
*DRESS = ɛ̞
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*No mergers before /l/
*No mergers before /l/


===Consonants===
====Consonants====
*L is light [l] before vowels and dark [ɫ] otherwise, as in RP.
*L is light [l] before vowels and dark [ɫ] otherwise, as in RP.
**wholly-holy split.
**wholly-holy split.
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*wine-whine merger optional.
*wine-whine merger optional.


==Pseudo-Ashkenazi Hebrew accent==
===Pseudo-Ashkenazi Hebrew accent===
*KIT = ɪ
*KIT = ɪ
*DRESS = ɛ
*DRESS = ɛ
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*NEAR = [ie], POOR = [uo]-->
*NEAR = [ie], POOR = [uo]-->


==A rhotic accent==
===A rhotic accent===
Rhotic with R-colored vowels using uvular r
Rhotic with R-colored vowels using uvular r


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*FACE = [iɛ]
*FACE = [iɛ]
*PALM = [a]
*PALM = [a]
 
===A pre-Grimm accent===
==A non-rhotic accent==
Inspired by [[Qenian]] and the Korean accent
*KIT = [ɪ]
*FLEECE = [i]
*DRESS = [e]
*FACE = [ei]
*TRAP = BATH = [ɛ]
*PALM = LOT = THOUGHT = [a]
*FOOT = STRUT = [ɔ]
*GOAT = [o]
*GOOSE = [u]
*PRICE = [ai]
*MOUTH = [au]
*CHOICE = [ɔi]
*commA = [ɜ]
*happY = [i]
*lettER = [ɨ̞]
*START = [aɨ̞]
*NEAR = [iɨ̞]
*SQUARE = [ɛɨ̞]
*NURSE = [ɨ̞]
*NORTH = FORCE = [ɔɨ̞]
*POOR = [uɨ̞]