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A major language of [[Verse:Tricin]], [[Skellan]] has many accents. Some common accent features are | A major language of [[Verse:Tricin]], [[Skellan]] has many accents. Some common accent features are | ||
*"R-breaking": | *"R-breaking": certain /rC/ clusters epenthesize to /rəC/. Most accents have this feature to some degree. | ||
*long vowels for nasal vowels | *long vowels for nasal vowels | ||
*In lambdic accents: nasal vowel mergers so that the total number of nasal vowels is less than 11. The first victims tend to be the back nasal vowels /ũ õ ɔ̃/ (which often merge into two vowels) and the front rounded nasal vowels /ỹ ø̃ œ̃/ (which often merge into their unrounded counterparts /ĩ ẽ ɛ̃/). | *In lambdic accents: nasal vowel mergers so that the total number of nasal vowels is less than 11. The first victims tend to be the back nasal vowels /ũ õ ɔ̃/ (which often merge into two vowels) and the front rounded nasal vowels /ỹ ø̃ œ̃/ (which often merge into their unrounded counterparts /ĩ ẽ ɛ̃/). | ||