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[ol hu:mən bijənz əʀ boʀən fʀi: ən i:kwəl ɪn dɪgnɪθ̱i ən ʀɑɪts. ðɛɪ əʀ ɪndaʏd wið ʀi:zən ən konʃəns ən ʃʏd akt toʀds won ənʏðəʀ ɪn ə spɪʀɪθ̱ əv bʀʏðəχʏd] | [ol hu:mən bijənz əʀ boʀən fʀi: ən i:kwəl ɪn dɪgnɪθ̱i ən ʀɑɪts. ðɛɪ əʀ ɪndaʏd wið ʀi:zən ən konʃəns ən ʃʏd akt toʀds won ənʏðəʀ ɪn ə spɪʀɪθ̱ əv bʀʏðəχʏd] | ||
==Medh Chêl accent== | <!--==Medh Chêl accent== | ||
*KIT = [i], FLEECE = [iː] | *KIT = [i], FLEECE = [iː] | ||
*DRESS = [e̞], SQUARE = [e̞ː] | *DRESS = [e̞], SQUARE = [e̞ː] | ||
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*FACE = [ɛi] | *FACE = [ɛi] | ||
*PRICE = [ɑɪ], MOUTH = [æo] (cultivated), [æø] (broad) | *PRICE = [ɑɪ], MOUTH = [æo] (cultivated), [æø] (broad) | ||
*NEAR = [ie], POOR = [uo] | *NEAR = [ie], POOR = [uo]--> | ||
==A rhotic accent== | ==A rhotic accent== |
Revision as of 06:01, 25 July 2019
This page describes the orthography for English used in Lõis, and some Lõisian accents and dialects of English.
Orthography
uon, tô, thrê, phuor, phîv, six, sevn, aiht, nyn, ten
O Captin! My Captin! ûr phiêrphul trip is dôn;
Ðe ship khas weđrd evrih rac, đe prise ue suht is wun;
Ðe port is niêr, đe bels ih khiêr, đe peopul al exsulting,
Qhîl pholo eihs đe stedih kêl, đe vessl grim and dâring;
But O khart! khart! khart!
O đe blêding drops of red,
Qher on đe dec my captin lihs,
Phalen cold and diêd.
pelth₂óm > PPTA pheldă > phêld "field"
L-Standard English
Californian + RP. Rhoticity in idiolectal or free variation.
Vowels
- KIT = ɪ~ɪ̈
- DRESS = ɛ̞
- TRAP = BATH = a
- PALM = ɑː
- FOOT = ɘ
- STRUT = ɜ̟~ɐ
- LOT = CLOTH = ɔ~ɒ
- THOUGHT = ɔː~ɒː
- FLEECE = iː~ɪj
- FACE = eɪ
- PRICE = aɪ~ɑɪ
- GOOSE = yː; uː before [ɫ]
- GOAT = əʊ~əʏ; oʊ before [ɫ]
- MOUTH = aʊ~æʊ~æʏ
- NEAR = ɪə(r)
- SQUARE = ɛə(r)
- NURSE = əː(r)~ɜː(r)
- START = ɑː(r)
- NORTH = FORCE = POOR = oə(r)
- CURE = joə(r)~jəː(r)~jɜː(r)
- lettER = commA = ə(r)
- happY = i
- orange = [ɒɹɪndʒ~ɔɹɪndʒ]
- Mary [mɛəɹi] ≈ merry [mɛɹi] ≠ marry [maɹi]
- Mirror-nearer distinction
- Hurry-furry distinction
- No mergers before /l/
Consonants
- L is light [l] before vowels and dark [ɫ] otherwise, as in RP.
- wholly-holy split.
- No glottal reinforcement before stops.
- /p t k/ are unaspirated after stressed syllables as in AmE.
- /d t/ has a tapped [ɾ] allophone in similar environments as in American English.
- wine-whine merger optional.
Pseudo-Ashkenazi Hebrew accent
- KIT = ɪ
- DRESS = ɛ
- TRAP = BATH = a
- PALM = ɑː
- FOOT = STRUT = ʏ
- LOT = CLOTH = THOUGHT = o
- FLEECE = iː
- FACE = ɛɪ~æɪ
- PRICE = ɑɪ~ɒɪ
- GOOSE = uː
- GOAT = CHOICE = oɪ~øʏ
- MOUTH = aʏ~aʊ
- NEAR = FLEECE + ʀ
- SQUARE = FACE + ʀ
- NURSE = əʀ
- START = TRAP + ʀ
- NORTH = LOT + ʀ
- FORCE = GOAT + ʀ (the "or" in "Torah" is pronounced this way)
- POOR = GOOSE + ʀ
- CURE = juʀ
- lettER = əʀ
- commA = ə
- happY = i
- Mary [mɛɪʀi] ≠ merry [mɛʀi] ≠ marry [maʀi]
- mirror [mɪʀəʀ] ≠ nearer [niʀəʀ]
- hurry [hʏʀɪ] ≠ furry [fəʀɪ]
- /l/ is always light
- /r/ = [ʀ~ʁ]
- Irish style spirantized /t/
[ol hu:mən bijənz əʀ boʀən fʀi: ən i:kwəl ɪn dɪgnɪθ̱i ən ʀɑɪts. ðɛɪ əʀ ɪndaʏd wið ʀi:zən ən konʃəns ən ʃʏd akt toʀds won ənʏðəʀ ɪn ə spɪʀɪθ̱ əv bʀʏðəχʏd]
A rhotic accent
Rhotic with R-colored vowels using uvular r
- KIT = [ɪ],
- DRESS = [ɛ] (but it gets raised before fricatives),
- TRAP = [a] usually, /ɔ:/ before nasals
- LOT merges with TRAP
- THOUGHT = [uə] (and some words with silent -gh are pronounced with /f/ like thought = [θuft])
- GOAT = [oə]
- FOOT = STRUT = [ɨ]
- GOOSE = [y]
- PRICE = [ei] before fricatives, [ae] otherwise
- MOUTH = [ou] before fricatives, [ɑo] otherwise
- FLEECE = Viby-i
- FACE = [iɛ]
- PALM = [a]
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]