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There are also certain 'core words' in Alska that are pronounced so differently from EA to SA that they are hard to distinguish: | |||
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!'''Spelling (SA)''' | |||
!'''Pronunciation (SA) | |||
!'''Pronunciation (EA)''' | |||
!'''Meaning''' | |||
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|Jeg | |||
|[jaj] | |||
|[a:] | |||
|I | |||
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|Ikke | |||
|[ɪg'gɛ] | |||
|[ɛk] | |||
|not | |||
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While the letter 'e' normally stands for the phone [e:], it is often dropped from speech altogether when it is in an unstressed syllable in SA. If the unstressed ''e'' is to be pronounced, it is represented with the letter <i>'</i> | |||
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