ABSTRACT

When stressed, the letters e and o each have two possible pronunciations depending on the particular word:

e [e] similar to ay in day: cedo [`sedu] ‘early’, or [ε] as in bed: cego [`sεgu] ‘blind’;

o [o] as in bone: cor [kor] ‘colour’, or [ɔ] as in top: copo [`kɔpu] ‘glass’.