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Vowels & Dipthongs under influence of stress Simple vowels: Loud stress In closed syls. Reduced loud: hair pin iăp[[ỉ?]]n [[strikethrough]] [_\] [[/strikethrough]] kăutér [[vertical line with four horizontal lines drawn through it]] horsewhip [[breve ɒ]]s wip [[strikethrough]] [_\] [[/strikethrough]] dŏ m[[acute ɒ]]t [[insert]] ^ by mouth [[/insert]] = doorsteps; also vestibule Secondary Stress: wíndă = window wĭndă bláin = window blind convict ăʃtré spoonful ásĭz= ash or ashes conduct fámbŭl= family [[insert]] ^ only [[/insert]] in place of relatives or relative weak stress: List vowels occur[[insert]] ^ r [[/insert]]ing here syllabic consonants: not present in Creole k[[acute ɒ]]tĭn= cotton báŋgŭls = bangle or bangles Dipthongs Loud stress: ey- In closed syls. -- day, hate, etc weak stress in vacation= ɒlide [_ _ -] f[[tilde ɒ]]fúl [[strikethrough]] [ [[/strikethrough]] anties, playing the fool -mĭpĭkín, ăi săbí (sabi is used in ref. to persons or concrete things, but know is used to mean to understand, to be acquainted with facto c.f. una sabi una nõ no= you perceive but you don't understand. Sabi means to perceive. ay-loud stressed in buy, bite weak in phrases like [[underline]] my son, I know [[/underline]] oy- loud stressed in boy, boil (bwel) ^ [[or buehl]] aw- loud-stressed in [[underline]]cow[[/underline]] ^[[kau]], [[underline]]bout[[/underline]] o [[strikethrough]] (w) [[/strikethrough]] loud-stressed in [[underline]] go [[/underline], boat weak in [[underline]] window [[/underline]] i [[strikethrough]] w [[/strikethrough]]- loud-stressed in [[underline]] see [[/underline]], [[underline]] hear [[/underline]] weak in [[underline]] carry [[/underline]], [[underline]]candid[[underline]] uw - loud stressed in [[underline]]too[[/underline]], [[underline]] boot [[/underline]] weak in [[underline]]value.[[/underline]] mut mut= small insects sus=shoes, footware bot = bɒt but=boot (saful [-_]= softly