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Nicaraguan Creole English
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ɛː - long lower mid front unrounded vowel
This long vowel replaces the diphthong /ie/ when speakers move from the basi- towards the acrolect.
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Exists only as a minor allophone
Example 11-399:
deer
there
Language:
Nicaraguan Creole English
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Angela Bartens
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Language:
Nicaraguan Creole English
Feature:
ɛː - long lower mid front unrounded vowel
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