Scientology

Phonology of Manx English




1. Vowles: e; E; oe; A; oe: ; i: ; O: ; u: ; oee; e; Oe; oeu; ou; e’; u’, oeu; ee’,

/e/: as [e] as in difference, crib, sink ( lowered forms as in pigs, bin, ring)

/E/: mainly as [E] in very, wealthy, heifer

/æ/: mainly as [æ], as in thatch, back, Pat (proper name). Lengthening [æ:] before nasals: man, sack.

/A/: or /U/ in RP have /æ/ in Manx English as in fox, not, body, one, crunching

/Å/: as [Å], as in dog, trough, got, hopper.
RP /U/, /Ë/ prefer /Å/ in MxE, as in nuts, stump, done, cut. horse with RP phoneme /O:/ sometimes have /Å/ in MxE.

/ü/: [ü] occurs in mushrooms (with stress on second syllable), move, good, took. RP /U/ may have /Å/, /œ/, in MxE.


/i:/: mainly as /i:/ in all contexts: swingle-tree, sheath, eat, weakling.
Shortening in disyllables and compounds to [ê] was heared in swingle-tree, sheepskin. underneath,

/æ:/: as in shaft, ask, half, calf, hard, laugh. Shortened forms in [œ]...