G.Aus. vowels

i: has a tendency to diphongization in word final position

si: si:j

i: e where it isan initially stressed vowel e.g.: i:kə nomiks ekɔnomiks

G.Aus. speakers prefer to use the diphthong i instead of i:.

`krinəli:n krinəlain

2. The final i tends to diphthongization and sometimes to thriphthongisation

`niəli niəle' or niəli 'i:

piti pite' pite 'i:

infinit infainait

iə

hiə he' ɜ

diə de' ɜ

3. e G.Aus. speaker prefers æ

beisik bæsik

ei æ in Latin borrowings

data deitə dætə

steitəs stætəs

ei i even ʌ i

ɔ:lweiz ɔ:lwʌiz

sei sʌi

meid mʌid

4. e tends to acquire a certain quality of i, but its more general tendency is towards diphthongisation

veri viri

tʃeri tʃiri

pen peən

5. æ is pronounced as e

hænd hend

kæn ken

instead of æ e ə and æə

mæn me ən

træm tr eəm

Moreover the other common tendency is to lengthen

kæt kææt

Instead of a: æ

da:ns dæns

tʃa:ns tʃæns

ədva:ns ədvæns

6. ai ɔi

flai flɔi

hai hɔi

taim tɔim

au æu

nau næu

kau kæu

7. a: also tendsto changeto ʌə

da:liŋ dʌəliŋ

ka:t kʌət

8. G.Aus speaker tends to pronounce ɔ: instead of ɔ

dɔg dɔ:g

krɔs krɔ:s

ɔfən ɔ:fən

sometimes ɔ tends to acquire the characteristics of ʌ

pɔkit pʌkit

bi`kɔz bi`kʌz

9. ɔ: has a tendency towards diphthongisation for ɔ: ə, ɔ: ʌ

fɔ: fɔ: ə

fɔ: fɔ: ə

s ɔ: s ɔ: ʌ

10. ə ʌ

ʌ`gein

ʌbaut

bʌ`nænʌ

11. The diphthong ou has a tendency to be replaced by ʌə

windou windʌə

pjænou pjænʌə

In word initial unstressed position it is monophthonized into ɔ

nouvembə nɒvembə

In stressed position it is triphthonized

groun grouən

12. u: becomes u

ru:m rum

bru:m brum

or əu

ru:m rəum

sku:l skəul

13. uə ɔ:

puə pɔ:

14. ɜ: diphthonized

gɜ:l guɜ:l

bɜ:d bəʌd

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