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English has thirteen subtly different vowels plus four official diphthongs but only five letters to represent them. ''Gua\spi'' uses only six easily distinguished vowel sounds, recruiting Y for one of them, and adds some vowel-like sounds which are considered consonants in English. Unfortunately, many regional accents of English turn simple vowels into diphthongs, invalidating the example words given in Table 2 [Pronuncation]. Other accents transform sounds beyond the bounds that a ''gua\spi'' speaker can recognize. If you speak with a regional accent, please use the vowel sounds that you can hear on television or radio (American or British will both work). Particularly troublesome examples, rendered with ''gua\spi'' letters, are shown in this table: | English has thirteen subtly different vowels plus four official diphthongs but only five letters to represent them. ''Gua\spi'' uses only six easily distinguished vowel sounds, recruiting Y for one of them, and adds some vowel-like sounds which are considered consonants in English. Unfortunately, many regional accents of English turn simple vowels into diphthongs, invalidating the example words given in Table 2 [Pronuncation]. Other accents transform sounds beyond the bounds that a ''gua\spi'' speaker can recognize. If you speak with a regional accent, please use the vowel sounds that you can hear on television or radio (American or British will both work). Particularly troublesome examples, rendered with ''gua\spi'' letters, are shown in this table: | ||
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