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schwa (ə)

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Schwa is known as a chef's restaurant where local chefs eat on their days off. en.wikipedia.org

Schwa is known for its unconventional approach to business. en.wikipedia.org

There is also a schwa secundum (usually the indogermanicum is unsaid), namely some kind of reduced state of an originally short vowel. en.wikipedia.org

But a final schwa usually remains short, so "water" in isolation is. en.wikipedia.org

Furthermore, the schwa can prevent an awkward ending of a word ending in a consonant and a liquid ("peuple, sucre"). en.wikipedia.org

In particular, special encodings are used to indicate speakers' pronunciation of schwa and liaison. en.wikipedia.org

In other words, when a schwa-succeeded consonant is followed by a vowel-succeeded consonant, the schwa inherent in the first consonant is deleted. en.wikipedia.org

A syllabic consonant may be analyzed phonologically either as just the consonant, or as consisting of an underlying schwa followed by the consonant. en.wikipedia.org

Schwa does not cater to families, offering no highchairs and few tables capable of seating more than two people. en.wikipedia.org

Conversely, every vowel letter except and can also represent schwa and zero in non-first syllables. en.wikipedia.org

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