The final unstressed e disappears
ɨ$ → ∅How: Stop on the consonant. Do not release into a vowel.
Lisbon reduces the vowel to nothing. 'Sete' and 'set' are the same length.
| Word | Reference | Accent | |
|---|---|---|---|
| sete | |||
| noite | |||
| verde |
Lisbonreference
The reference: European Portuguese, with its whispered unstressed vowels, its ʃ at the end of every syllable and its habit of deleting final e altogether. Foreigners hear it as Russian for exactly these reasons — a stress-timed language full of consonant clusters that the spelling does not show.
Where: Portugal — the standard of Lisbon and the centre
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Reference
Lisbon
Which rules fired
Melody and rhythm
Stress-timed, like English and Russian: stressed syllables are long, everything between them is crushed. That is what gives the language its hushed, consonantal sound.
What moves, one rule at a time
In the order the mouth applies them. Every before-and-after is playable — click the IPA. The pattern is the rule as the engine runs it, for the curious.
Vowels
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