ə

Template:PSB noun

pastəducid

1. The eleventh letter of the dxʷləšucid alphabet, called the "schwa" and pronounced as a mid central vowel.

   The pronunciation is like the "a" in "'about". Examples: əw̓ə, dbədaʔ

   The combination əy is pronounced similarly to ay. Example: sɫadəyʔ

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sources

• 1994, Dawn Bates, Thom Hess and Vi Hilbert, Lushootseed Dictionary, ISBN 0-295-97323-4, University of Washington Press, p. xii
• 1995, Thom Hess and Vi [taqʷšəblu] Hilbert, Lushootseed: The language of the Skagit Nisqually, and other tribes of Puget Sound, an Introduction: Book I, Lushootseed Press, chapter 1