Verse:Irta/English
Some accents and dialects of English used in Lõis.
Medh Chêl accent
- KIT = [i], FLEECE = [iː]
- DRESS = [e̞], SQUARE = [e̞ː]
- TRAP = [æ], [æː] in some words (with a split similar to bad-lad split)
- LOT = [ɑ], PALM = START = [ɑː]
- STRUT = [ɤ], THOUGHT = NORTH = FORCE = [oː]
- NURSE = [ø̞ː]
- FOOT = [u]
- GOOSE = [yː]
- GOAT = [ø̞y] / [ɶy]
- FACE = [ɛi]
- PRICE = [ɑɪ], MOUTH = [æo] (cultivated), [æø] (broad)
- NEAR = [ie], POOR = [uo]
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]
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
- GOOSE = yː; uː before /l/
- GOAT = əʊ; oʊ before /l/
- MOUTH = aʊ
- NEAR = ɪə(r)
- SQUARE = ɛə(r)
- NURSE = əː(r)
- START = ɑː(r)
- NORTH = FORCE = POOR = oə(r)
- CURE = joə(r)~jəː(r)
- lettER = commA = ə(r)
- happY = i
- orange = [ɒɹɪndʒ~ɔɹɪndʒ]
- Mary = merry ≠ marry
- Mirror-nearer distinction
- Hurry-furry distinction
- No mergers before /l/
Consonants
- L is light [l] before vowels and dark [ɫ] otherwise.
- No glottal reinforcement before stops.
- /d~t/ has a tapped [ɾ] allophone in similar environments as in American English.
- wine-whine merger optional.