From 931739f34306a30c82ece9bc9ffb72eafe5f7318 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Reece H. Dunn" Date: Tue, 7 Mar 2017 21:09:01 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] en: Document the unstressed RABBIT, ROSES and EXPLORE vowels. --- docs/languages/gmw/en.md | 19 +++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/languages/gmw/en.md b/docs/languages/gmw/en.md index 80db81b0..b80405ff 100644 --- a/docs/languages/gmw/en.md +++ b/docs/languages/gmw/en.md @@ -66,6 +66,25 @@ These are unstressed vowels that differ from the vowels in the main lexical sets | COMMA | `@` | ə | ə | | LETTER | `3` | ə | ɚ | +Additionally, espeak-ng has the following phonemes for unstressed vowels. + +| Lexical Set | en | +|-------------|-------| +| EXPLORE | `e#` | +| ROSES | `I#` | +| RABBIT | `I2` | + +The EXPLORE lexical set is used to support unstressed KIT vowels that have split +from the KIT vowel and merged with the DRESS vowel in some accents. This includes +`ex-` words. + +The ROSES lexical set is used for words that are KIT in some accents and COMMA +in others. The degree to which this occurs varies between accents and speakers. + +The RABBIT lexical set is used for unstressed KIT vowels. Some American accents +have merged this with the COMMA lexical set, such that `rabbit` and `abbot` +rhyme. + ## Diphthongs | Lexical Set | en | RP | GenAm |