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ᴋɪᴛ vowel phoneme /ɪ/
From Teflpedia
ᴋɪᴛ vowel phoneme /ɪ/ is a vowel phoneme used in English consisting of the vowel sound used by English speakers in its keyword kit.[1] This is sometimes referred to as a “short I sound.”
Words within the ᴋɪᴛ lexical set are pronounced with this phoneme, such as ship, myth and pretty.
The standard pronunciation of this phoneme is as a short monophthong with the near-close near-front unrounded vowel [ɪ].
There are some splits and mergers of this, including the ᴘɪɴ–ᴘᴇɴ merger, and the ᴋɪᴛ–ꜰʟᴇᴇᴄᴇ merger.
