Scellan/Accents: Difference between revisions
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===Sowaár=== | ===Sowaár=== | ||
[[Sowaár]] speakers have a very noticeable accent. | [[Sowaár]] speakers have a very noticeable accent. | ||
*Difficulty with vowel qualities, diphthongs, and nasal vowels, as | *Difficulty with vowel qualities, diphthongs, and nasal vowels, as Sowaár has only 4 vowel qualities and no diphthongs or nasal vowels. | ||
*Difficulty with voiceless resonants (especially when learning Skellan Eevo). | *Difficulty with voiceless resonants (especially when learning Skellan Eevo). | ||
*Possible difficulty with affricates /ts tʃ/ as Sowaár has only one affricate /tɕ/. Both may be pronounced [ts] or they may be pronounced [tɕ tʂ], depending on the speaker's native Sowaár variety. | |||
*Difficulty with /f v θ ð z ç/. | *Difficulty with /f v θ ð z ç/. | ||
**/f/~/pʰ/ confusion | **/f/~/pʰ/ confusion | ||
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*/r/ may be pronounced [ɻ] or [ɭ]. | */r/ may be pronounced [ɻ] or [ɭ]. | ||
*/ʃ tʃ/ may be pronounced as [ʂ tʂ~ʈ] or [ɕ tɕ]. | */ʃ tʃ/ may be pronounced as [ʂ tʂ~ʈ] or [ɕ tɕ]. | ||
*Less difficulty with allophonic or phonemic vowel length, as | *Less difficulty with allophonic or phonemic vowel length, as Sowaár has long vowels. | ||
*No difficulty with final [h]. | *No difficulty with final [h]. | ||