Macedonian Phonology - Schwa

Schwa

The schwa is phonemic in many dialects (varying in closeness to or ) but its use in the standard language is marginal. When writing a dialectal word and keeping the schwa for aesthetic effect, an apostrophe is used (for example, к’смет, сл’нце, etc.) When spelling aloud, each consonant is followed by the schwa. The individual letters of acronyms are pronounced with the schwa in the same way: МПЦ . The lexicalized acronyms СССР and МТ (a brand of cigarettes), are among the few exceptions.

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