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the english schwa sound
novaula
PRONUNCIATION
SYLLABLE REDUCTION
It is very similar to a 'short u' /ʌ/.
English has a tendency to delete a syllable with a schwa.
INTERESTING FACTS
Any written vowel can be a spoken schwa.It’s the most common vowel sound in English. The schwa word comes from an ancient Hebrew word which means 'emptiness or no vowel sound'It is the only phoneme with its own name.
SYLLABLE ADDITION
distribution
The sound can appear in all positions.
A schwa appears to help make the pronunication of clusters easier.