Balkan Slavic (Nestorio). Mid-central unrounded vowel /ə/ (schwa): Allophonic variation, 1
| Zab'ərdene; v'ərbete; bak'ər; d'əmbjata | ||||
Zab'ərdene Zab'ərdene | v'ərb-e-te willow.tree(F)-PL-DEF | m'əlzeše milk(IPFV).IPRF.3SG | bak'ər copper(M).SG | d'əmb-ja-ta oak.tree(M)-PL-DEF |
| Zab'ərdene (toponym); willow trees; he/she milked; copper (NB! Allophone of /o/ in combinations with sonants: the syllabic /r/ - [ər]/[or], syllabic l - [əl]/[ol] and in borrowings from turkish bak'ər (Turk. bakır) in front of /r/. Also allophone of the /o/ in front of /m/). | ||||
Type: Naturalistic spoken
Source: Sobolev 2007-2008: 1-46