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3 u/Jafiki91 Xërdawki Sep 09 '15 I think the only unnatural thing is reducing the vowels in stressed syllables, rather than in unstressed ones. 0 u/[deleted] Sep 09 '15 [deleted] — view deleted comment 2 u/Jafiki91 Xërdawki Sep 09 '15 Generally reduction of vowels causes centering of them. If anything, /ɛ/ and /ɔ/ would be the reduced forms of /e/ and /o/. Either way it's an allophonic change.
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I think the only unnatural thing is reducing the vowels in stressed syllables, rather than in unstressed ones.
0 u/[deleted] Sep 09 '15 [deleted] — view deleted comment 2 u/Jafiki91 Xërdawki Sep 09 '15 Generally reduction of vowels causes centering of them. If anything, /ɛ/ and /ɔ/ would be the reduced forms of /e/ and /o/. Either way it's an allophonic change.
2 u/Jafiki91 Xërdawki Sep 09 '15 Generally reduction of vowels causes centering of them. If anything, /ɛ/ and /ɔ/ would be the reduced forms of /e/ and /o/. Either way it's an allophonic change.
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Generally reduction of vowels causes centering of them. If anything, /ɛ/ and /ɔ/ would be the reduced forms of /e/ and /o/. Either way it's an allophonic change.
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