| @@ -66,6 +66,25 @@ These are unstressed vowels that differ from the vowels in the main lexical sets | |||
| | COMMA | `@` | ə | ə | | |||
| | LETTER | `3` | ə | ɚ | | |||
| Additionally, espeak-ng has the following phonemes for unstressed vowels. | |||
| | Lexical Set | en | | |||
| |-------------|-------| | |||
| | EXPLORE | `e#` | | |||
| | ROSES | `I#` | | |||
| | RABBIT | `I2` | | |||
| The EXPLORE lexical set is used to support unstressed KIT vowels that have split | |||
| from the KIT vowel and merged with the DRESS vowel in some accents. This includes | |||
| `ex-` words. | |||
| The ROSES lexical set is used for words that are KIT in some accents and COMMA | |||
| in others. The degree to which this occurs varies between accents and speakers. | |||
| The RABBIT lexical set is used for unstressed KIT vowels. Some American accents | |||
| have merged this with the COMMA lexical set, such that `rabbit` and `abbot` | |||
| rhyme. | |||
| ## Diphthongs | |||
| | Lexical Set | en | RP | GenAm | | |||