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Aren't there symbols missing for the mid central vowels which are common in English? I.e. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mid_central_vowel https://en.wikipedia.o
by nhellman 2y ago
Aren't there symbols missing for the mid central vowels which are common in English? I.e. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mid_central_vowel https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mid_central_vowel.
How do you write e.g. "learn" or "bird"?
It seems to be needed in the first "This is a sentence..." example as well. Right now it uses U for the lone "a" and I for the second syllable in "sentEnce". But U represents /ʌ/ (as in but) and I represents /ɪ/ (as in bit), but a symbol for /ə/ would be a better fit for these two, right?
- dragonwriter 2y agoThe given symbols match the way the vowels represented are pronounced in at least some dialects/accents of English; one problem with trying to do a new phonetically-accurate writing system for English is that English has lots of dialects and accents, and pronunciation (even relatively—like which parts of words match which parts of other words) isn't consistent between them.
- vkethana 2y agoThanks for pointing out these mistakes - I added the schwa back into the vowel inventory (forgot to include in the original post) - added clarification for how to write the “ir” in “bird” or “firm”