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Mauritian Creole
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ɛə - diphthong with lower mid front unrounded vowel and nonsyllabic mid central unrounded vowel
This centring diphthong only occurs preconsonantally and word-finally.
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Exists (as a major allophone)
Example 55-248:
leker [lekɛə̯]
heart
Language:
Mauritian Creole
by
Philip Baker
and
Sibylle Kriegel
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Language:
Mauritian Creole
Feature:
ɛə - diphthong with lower mid front unrounded vowel and nonsyllabic mid central unrounded vowel
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