Scellan/Accents: Difference between revisions
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Unstressed ''a'' /ə/ and ''y'' /ɨ/ are distinct | Unstressed ''a'' /ə/ and ''y'' /ɨ/ are distinct | ||
Eetøøm Skellan used a version of the Scottish vowel length rule: | Like Fyxoomian Skellan, Eetøøm Skellan used a version of the Scottish vowel length rule: | ||
* /ɨ ɛ œ a ɔ/ are usually short. | * /ɨ ɛ œ a ɔ/ are usually short. | ||
* /i y e o u ø/ are usually long in the following environments and short elsewhere: | * /i y e o u ø/ 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. | |||
** Before another vowel. | ** Before another vowel. | ||
** Before a morpheme boundary. | ** Before a morpheme boundary. | ||