The ə is called schwa, but the other Hausa letters don't have a name in the standard X keysym table. From Wordnik.com. [Planet KDE] Reference
Only thin I'm curious about, is how do you plan to explain the difference between the appearance of a 'schwa' and a 'supershortschwa'. From Wordnik.com. [Precising on a new rule to explain Pre-IE word-final voicing] Reference
Also, its unstressed and reduced form, named "schwa", is likely to become a persistent problem if we consider that Portuguese unstressed vowels are not normally reduced. From Wordnik.com. [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference
BTW, how do you type a schwa symbol (topsy-turvy 'e')?. From Wordnik.com. [guaifenesin] Reference
“My name is Marya,” she replied, emphasizing the schwa. From Wordnik.com. [In Search of a Meaningful Moment] Reference
I have a lot of trouble with the schwa r shift you propose. From Wordnik.com. [Oddly formed locatives with inessive postclitic in Etruscan] Reference
So the final vowel in "five" is unstressed, making it a schwa. From Wordnik.com. [Loprieno on Middle Egyptian Vocalism] Reference
Phoenix: I have a lot of trouble with the schwa r shift you propose. From Wordnik.com. [Oddly formed locatives with inessive postclitic in Etruscan] Reference
Still the ones who learn Dutch or Frisian would be helped with a letter for a schwa. From Wordnik.com. [The etymology of Latin tofus 'tufa' isn't written in stone] Reference
This may be the effects of schwa when positioned behind word accent, rather than after it. From Wordnik.com. [Pre-IE and alternating thematic vowels] Reference
My thinking was that all unstressed vowels merged to schwa by the time of Middle Egyptian. From Wordnik.com. [Loprieno on Middle Egyptian Vocalism] Reference
They just didn't have a distinct symbol for the schwa, as you can see by my above example. From Wordnik.com. [Oddly formed locatives with inessive postclitic in Etruscan] Reference
Okay, what do you think were the phonological conditions for "full schwa" vs. "supershort schwa"?. From Wordnik.com. [Precising on a new rule to explain Pre-IE word-final voicing] Reference
This is clear as well once we take note of the articulatory position of the schwa before deletion. From Wordnik.com. [Japanese dialect mirrors suspected PIE development of sibilantization between two dental stops] Reference
My view is that unstressed schwa in all positions was first reduced to supershort schwa in Mid IE i.e. From Wordnik.com. [Precising on a new rule to explain Pre-IE word-final voicing] Reference
Okay, fair enough, except I'm not sure why you make a distinction between "supershort schwa" and phonetic zero. From Wordnik.com. [Precising on a new rule to explain Pre-IE word-final voicing] Reference
As for reduplication, I figure that a schwa as a reduplicated vowel is more likely than any other vocalism used. From Wordnik.com. [Rethinking the reduplicated perfect in Indo-European] Reference
It better explains one of its forms, Hirumina, since the medial u would be a schwa, an eroded form of original a. From Wordnik.com. [New "update page" for news on Etruscan Glossary Draft 001] Reference
Between two dental plosives, the friction from the schwa can only rationally be found in the dental region as well. From Wordnik.com. [Japanese dialect mirrors suspected PIE development of sibilantization between two dental stops] Reference
For one thing, it seems to me that there is no point in reconstructing anything but a schwa for all unstressed vowels. From Wordnik.com. [Loprieno on Middle Egyptian Vocalism] Reference
And that the o-stems come from a schwa which for 'some' reason was different from the syncopation schwa's was clear too. From Wordnik.com. [Precising on a new rule to explain Pre-IE word-final voicing] Reference
In unaccented position though, Mid IE vowels appear to have merged together as schwa /ə/ because of a strong stress accent. From Wordnik.com. [Enticed by a drunken thought] Reference
So far, I've been explaining away i-reduplication as a reflex of former schwa in preaccented syllables in early-to-mid Late IE. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-05-01] Reference
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