Verse:Irta/English
Some accents and dialects of English used in Lõis.
Proto-TT-Anglic
Inspirations: Vietnamese, Armenian
m n bʰ dʰ gʰ p t k kʷ pʰ tʰ kʰ kʷʰ s x l r j w
Vowels: a e i o u ə a: e: i: u: ai au əi əɨ əu iəu iə uə
Reflexes:
- oi > uə
- iH > i:
- ei > əi, sometimes iə
- ē > a:
- e, i > e, i, e:
- uH > u:
- u > o, u (needs umlaut)
- ou > əɨ
- eu > əɨ (iəu in some words)
- o > a, e (needs umlaut)
- oH, eh2, eh3 > əu
h1oinos, dwoh1, treyes, kwetwores, penkwe, seks, septm, oktōw, h₁néwn̥, deḱm -> huən, təu, tʰriə~tʰre:, pʰodur~pʰotʰur, pʰenkʷʰə, seks, sepʰn~sebn, okʰtəu, nəɨn, tekʰən~te:n
Orthography
uon, tuo, thrê, phuor, phîv, six, sevn, aikht, nyn, ten
O Captin! My Captin! ûr phiêrphul trip is dôn;
Ðe xip khas weđrd evrih rac, đe prise we sokht is wun;
Ðe port is niêr, đe bels î khiêr, đe pêpul al exsulting,
Qhîl pholo ys 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 lîs,
Phalen could 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]
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]