Chlouvānem: Difference between revisions
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Allophones of vowels in standard Chlouvānem rarely diverge much from their IPA representation; as Chlouvānem (and most of its descendants, which are the true native languages for the majority of Chlouvānem speakers) are syllable-timed languages, vowels are barely (if at all) reduced in unstressed syllables. The most notable differences are two: | Allophones of vowels in standard Chlouvānem rarely diverge much from their IPA representation; as Chlouvānem (and most of its descendants, which are the true native languages for the majority of Chlouvānem speakers) are syllable-timed languages, vowels are barely (if at all) reduced in unstressed syllables. The most notable differences are two: | ||
* /ɛ/ lowers to [æ] before /ʀ/; | * /ɛ/ lowers to [æ] before /ʀ/; | ||
* /ɔ/ is realized as [oː] word-finally (though very rare); | |||
* /u/ is moderately fronted - usually to [ʉ] - after palatalized consonants and /j/. | * /u/ is moderately fronted - usually to [ʉ] - after palatalized consonants and /j/. | ||