User:Rëdbl Speling/Rüls/l-m-n-r rül

Wen /əl, əm, ən/ and /ər/ apër aftr a consnant letr, the vowel is supressd (provïded that nö dubl consnants apër). Exeptions noted belö.

l-m-n-r ends the word
The möst comn cäse is wen l-m-n-r ends the word. Patrn CVΛ#, where Λ is l-m-n-r, V is shwa and # is the end of the word.


 * /l/: äbl, aditionl, animl, avälabl, bütifl, capitl, centrl, exampl, fedrl, fïnl, genrl, hospitl, intrnationl, lëgl, levl, litl, löcl, medicl, modl, nätionl, naturl, norml, originl, pëpl,, politicl, possibl, professionl, propösl, , simpl, successfl, täbl, traditionl, travl, tötl, üsfl,
 * /m/: albm, autm, botm, colm, criticism, custm, frëdm, ïtm, mecanism, problm, randm, rythm, symptm, systm, türism, victm
 * /n/: abandn, butn, certn, chärmn, citizn, comn, comparisn, dozn, ëvn, frïtn, gardn,, hapn, hümn, kichn, lessn, lisn, mountn, ofn, oftn, öpn, persn, prisn, rësn, sudn, sësn, thretn, urbn, wepn, womn
 * /r/: actr, advïsr, bordr, dëlr, drïvr, editr, farmr, fingr, gathr, latr, manr, mastr, ministr, monitr, murdr, neibr, nëthr, nïthr, onr, önr, professr, propr, registr, reserchr, shärhöldr, shöldr, thëatr, tïgr, visitr, vötr, wintr

VrV
Consider the patrn V1rV2Λ where Λ is l-m-n, V1 sounds /æ,, ɪ, ɒ/ or /ʌ/ and V2 sounds /ə/. In this cäs we ar forced to këp the vowel V2 sö that "baron" doesn't become "barn", wich mëns that V1 wd chänge from /æ/ to /ɑː/.


 * /æ/, not /ɑː/: baron, carol
 * //, not /ɜː/: erand, herald, peril
 * /ɒ/, not /ɔː/: forin, moral

Note that "" becomes "förm", and there is no conflict with "form". Similarly "" becomes "pärnt".

ΛVΛ
We considr the patrn Λ1VΛ2#.

In the täbl belö we së words in traditionl speling. In yelö words that coud be confüsd if we supress shwa. Nöt that the cäse wen Λ1 is r was solvd in the prëvius section.

Hër Λ is m-n-r. The combination "lm" can represent /ləm/ or /lm/. For example "film" and "colm" have a difrent number of sylabls. One alternativ woud be to forbid the combination "VlΛ" to represent an unwritn shwa. Nöt that Λ = n is very infrëquent (kiln) and /ləm/ is somwat frequent.

Exampls:
 * With nö ambigüitis: asÿlum, curicülum, colum, solem
 * With ambigüitis: asÿlm, curicülm, colm, solm

l-m-n-r is in the last sylabl
Hër we considr the cäse wen l-m-n-r is in the last sylabl but is not the last sound. Pattern CVΛC...# where C... means one or more consnants.


 * /l/: bïföcls, herld
 * /m/: custms
 * /n/: absnce, absnt, acceptnce, accidnt, acomplishmnt, achëvmnt, adolesnt, aquäntnce, ,
 * /r/: blizrd, cavrn, comrce

"Ce, ci, cy" / "ge, gi, gy" / "se" / "the"
The sëquences "ce", "ci", "cy" and "se" sounding /s/, "ge", "gi" and "gy" sounding /dʒ/ and "the" sounding /ð/ must bë preservd.


 * "c": cancer, lïcence, medicin, oficer, porceln, prodücer (compare with äcr)
 * "g": dänger, manager, passnger, religin, stränger, tënäger (compare with angr)
 * "s": anser, eräser, eräsr, loosen, morsel, worsen (compare with mïsr)
 * "th": father, gather, hëthen, lether, mother, other, together (compare with ëthr)

Nö dubl consnants

 * /l/: paralel (this is the önly exampl of /ləl/ in a 14000 word dictionary, and many dictionaris sä the pronunciätion is /ll/)
 * /m/: maximum, minimum
 * /n/: permnence, phenomenon
 * /r/: eror, manüfacturer, miror

l-m-n-r folöd by consnant
Hër we ar cnsidring any sylabl, exept the first sylabl, which is explaind in the next section.

In this cäse few ambigüitis arïs.


 * /l/: faclty, häzlnut, mantlpëce, novlty, penlty, simltänëus, sïmltänëus, üsflness
 * /m/: botmless, circmcision, circmspect, circmstance, cmbïn, cmbustion, cmpanion, cmpär, cntemplät
 * /n/: calndar, carpntr, clemncy, crtnly, comntätr
 * /r/: advrtïs, aftrnoon, aftrwrd, aftrwrds, alrgy, bitrness, butrflÿ, catrpilr, confrmätion, emrld, prfectionism

Exeptions:
 * g, c: ägency, indëcent
 * VrV: garantë, transparency

Shwa is the first vowel in the word
If shwa folöd bÿ l or r, supressing the shwa mäks the word too difrent from the pronunciátion. Exampls: carër is betr than crër, calamity is betr than clamity.

If shwa folöd bÿ n or m, supressing the shwa mäks the word unambigüus, or acceptbly ambigüus.
 * /ən/: fnatic, grnäd, phnetic, tnacity
 * /əm/: cmbatnt, cmbïn, dmension, flmingö, tmorrö

Other cäses
Hër we cnsidr shwa vowels that ar not in any of the folöing sitüätions:
 * in the last sylabl
 * in the first sylabl
 * l-m-n-r folöd by consnant

This mëns C1V1C2V2, where V1 is a vowel letr that sounds shwa, C2 is l-m-n-r and C1 is a difrent consnant. The möst cnservativ decision is to say that patrn C1V1C2V2 nevr mäks V1 supressd. Howevr many words hav two comn pronunciätions,and others ar värisylabic words.

An intrmëdiat wd be: A shwa vowel befor "r" can't be supressd if the next vowel has the män stress: accelerät, macaröni. In dictionaris that mark sylabls, /ə/ and /r/ are in difrent sylabls.

The möst librl alternativ wd be supressing all shwa vowels, unless they must be kept becaus of other rüls.

CRΛV
If C is any consonant, R is l-r, Λ is l-m-n-r and V is a vowel, the pronunciation is ambigüus.

For example, flmingo sugests /fləˈmɪŋɡəʊ/, /fəlˈmɪŋɡəʊ/ and ëvn /fələˈmɪŋɡəʊ/.

Täbl of exampls
Shwa vowel is supressed.

Shwa vowel is kept.