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There are 4 to 5 main dialects of English. | There are 4 to 5 main dialects of English. | ||
===The "Philly-Estuary-Ashkenazi" continuum=== | ===The "Philly-Estuary-Ashkenazi" continuum=== | ||
==== | ====Vowels==== | ||
{| class="bluetable lightbluebg" style="width: 600px;" | {| class="bluetable lightbluebg" style="width: 600px;" | ||
! style="width: 100px;" | Vowel phoneme !! style="width: 250px;" | Quasi-Philly !! style="width: 250px;" | L-Standard !! style="width: 250px;" | Ashkenazi | ! style="width: 100px;" | Vowel phoneme !! style="width: 250px;" | Quasi-Philly !! style="width: 250px;" | L-Standard !! style="width: 250px;" | Quasi-Ashkenazi Hebrew | ||
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! KIT | ! KIT | ||
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! TRAP | ! TRAP | ||
| æ || a || a | | æ || a || a | ||
|- | |||
! LOT | |||
| ɑ || ɔ~ɒ || o | |||
|- | |||
! STRUT | |||
| ʌ~ɤ || ɜ̟~ɐ || ɜ | |||
|- | |||
! FOOT | |||
| ʊ || ʊ̈~ɘ || ʏ | |||
|- | |||
! FLEECE | |||
| i + reinforcement before C; ɪj otherwise || iː~ɪj || iː | |||
|- | |||
! FACE | |||
| ɪj + reinforcement before C; ɛɪ otherwise || ɛɪ || eɪ | |||
|- | |||
! PRICE | |||
| əɪ + reinforcement before C; ɑɪ otherwise || ɑɪ || aɪ | |||
|- | |||
! CHOICE | |||
| oɪ~ʊɪ + reinforcement before C; oɪ otherwise || oɪ || oɪ | |||
|- | |||
! MOUTH | |||
| æʊ~ɛɔ || æʊ~æʏ || aʏ | |||
|- | |||
! GOAT | |||
| eʊ~əʊ || əʊ~əʏ~ʌʏ || ɔʏ~ɔɪ~oɪ | |||
|- | |||
! GOOSE | |||
| üw~yː || üː || uː | |||
|- | |||
! PALM | |||
| ɑː || ɑː || aː | |||
|- | |||
! THOUGHT | |||
| oə~ʊə || ɔː~ɒː || oː | |||
|- | |||
! NEAR | |||
| iə(ɹ) || iə~iɚ || iʀ | |||
|- | |||
! SQUARE | |||
| eə(ɹ) || ɛə~ɛɚ || eʀ | |||
|- | |||
! NURSE | |||
| əː(ɹ) || ɜː~ɚː || əʀ | |||
|- | |||
! START | |||
| ɒː(ɹ) || ɑː~ɑɚ || aʀ | |||
|- | |||
! NORTH | |||
| oə(ɹ) || oə~oɚ || oʀ | |||
|- | |||
! FORCE | |||
| oə(ɹ) || oə~oɚ || ɔʏʀ~ɔɪʀ~oɪʀ | |||
|- | |||
! POOR | |||
| oə(ɹ) || uə~uɚ || uʀ | |||
|- | |||
! CURE | |||
| joə(ɹ)~jə(ɹ) || juə~juɚ~jɜː~jɚː || juʀ | |||
|- | |||
! commA | |||
| ə(ɹ) || ə || ə | |||
|- | |||
! lettER | |||
| ə(ɹ) || ə~ɚ || əʀ | |||
|} | |} | ||