In Western Catalan, unstressed vowels reduce to five: /e ɛ/ > [e]; /o ɔ/ > [o]; /a u i/ remain distinct. This reduction pattern, inherited from Proto-Romance, is also found in Italian and Portuguese. Some Western dialects present further reduction or vowel harmony in some cases.
In Western Catalan , unstressed vowels reduce to five : /e ɛ/ > [ e ] ; /o ɔ/ > [ o ] ; /a u i/ remain distinct . This reduction pattern , inherited from Proto - Romance , is also found in Italian and Portuguese . Some Western dialects present further reduction or vowel harmony in some cases .
What do unstressed vowels reduce to in Western Catalan?
What do unstressed vowels reduce to in Western Catalan ?
five
five