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*[[w:Rhoticity in English|Postvocalic /r/ is intact]], as in ''parra'' ("par", in golf).
*[[w:Rhoticity in English|Postvocalic /r/ is intact]], as in ''parra'' ("par", in golf).
*The [[w:father-bother merger|father-bother merger]] means that both /ɑː/ and /ɒ/ become /ɑ/ in Rttirri, although the [[w:cot-caught merger|cot-caught merger]] is not present and English /ɔː/ becomes Rttirri /o/.
*The [[w:father-bother merger|father-bother merger]] means that both /ɑː/ and /ɒ/ become /ɑ/ in Rttirri, although the [[w:cot-caught merger|cot-caught merger]] is not present and English /ɔː/ becomes Rttirri /o/.
*English /æ/ is not lowered to [a~ä] as in many British Isles dialects or [[w:California English|California English]]; instead, it is imported as /e/, almost resembling the [[w:Northern Cities Vowel Shift|Northern Cities Vowel Shift]], as in ''tepe-tusa'' ("tap dance"). There is no [[w:trap-bath split|trap-bath split]].
*English /æ/ is imported as /e/, as in ''tepe-tusa'' ("tap dance"). There is no [[w:trap-bath split|trap-bath split]].


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