Re: Mbasa Vowels

Quoting David Peterson <DigitalScream@...>:

> In a message dated 10/5/01 4:23:35 PM, alrivera@ALUMNI.SOUTHERN.EDU
> writes:
>
> << It's in rhotic Englishes too, only rhotacized.  /"b3`d/. >>
>
>     Which?  I've only seen the central vowel, which is the schwa with a
> tail on the end.
Officially, the rhotic vowel [3'] is used in stressed syllables
like "bird", while the rhotic schwa [@'] is used in unstressed
like "player". In practice, I don't think most really dialects
distinguish them, at least phonemically.

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