Front_vowels_( Daðeima's_vowel_system )
| From: | vaksje <vaksje@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, February 25, 2003, 14:44 |
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Jan van Steenbergen wrote, 2003.02.25 13:20'jä:
>[snip]
>
> > Not sure about /o/ though. I found out the vowel I'm so desperately needing
> > sounds somewhat like the |o| sound in the Dutch word "lopen" opposed to the
> > one in "kooi". Thought this was /o/, but can anyone correct me?
>
>IMO /o/ in "kooi" and in "lopen" are basically the same vowel.
>They might be pronounced somewhat differently in certain non-standard
>ideolects, for example: [kO:j] vs. [lov\p@].
You're probably right, just realized "lopen" contains a diphthong here (in
the north). I recall hearing both standard and non-standard pronunciations.
The actual vowels I had in mind were: "bom" vs. "boom". Anyway, I'm pretty
sure now they're /O/ and /o/ respectively.
>Jan
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