Palauan English

Palauan English is the dialect of English spoken by the Palauan People.

Phonological features

Palauan English has many features, especially in the phonology, that show the influence of the Palauan language. It is also influenced by American English.

Consonant variations

Palauan English is rhotic.

The interdental fricatives /θ/ and /ð/ are often realized as [t̪] and [d̪].

Vowel variations

KIT: /ɪ/ = [kɪt]
DRESS: /ɛ/ = [dɹɛs]
TRAP: /æ/ = [tɹæp]
LOT: /ɑ/ = [lɑt]
STRUT: /ʌ/ = [stɹʌt]
FOOT: /ʊ/ = [fʊt]
FLEECE: /i/ = [flis]
FACE: /e:/ or /eɪ/ = [fe:s] or [feɪs]
PALM: /ɑː/ = [pɑ:m]
THOUGHT: /ɑ/ = [t̪ɑt] or [θɑt]
GOAT: /o:/ or /oʊ/ = [go:t] or [goʊt]
NEAR: /iɚ/ or /ɪɚ/ = [niɚ] or [nɪɚ]
SQUARE: /ɛɚ/ = [skɛɚ]
START: /ɑː/ = [stɑɚt]
FORCE: /oː/ = [foɚs]
SURE: /o.ɚ/ = [ʃo.ɚ]
NURSE: /ɚ/ = [nɚs]
GOOSE: /u/ = [gus]
PRICE: /ɑɪ/ = [pɹɑɪs]
CHOICE: /ɔɪ/ = [tʃɔɪs]
MOUTH: /ɑʊ/ = [mɑʊt̪] or [mɑʊθ]
HAPPY: /i/ = [hæ.pi]
LETTER: /ɚ/ = [lɛt.ɚ]
HORSES: /ɪ/ = [hoɚsɪz]
COMMA: /ə/ = [kɑm.ə]

gollark: Unless it supports websockets and we never noticed.

gollark: Wouldn't connecting it require a backend server of some sort to proxy to IRC?

gollark: This is where GEORGE discussion occurs.

gollark: Quite plausibly.

gollark: I don't really know what a good way to do search™ is; SQLite is somewhat unconcurrent wrt. insertions and slow, PostgreSQL has awful search.

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.