What does r-coloured vowel mean?

r-coloured vowel

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.23 in modern English

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noun

"[ɚ] is an R-coloured vowel; its non-rhotacised form is [ə]."
"Words such as start, better, and turn, for example, are likely to be pronounced with a lengthened vowel instead of the r-coloured vowel. While this type of substitution may simply sound like a quaint accent, it may also cause[…]"

R-coloured vowels (plural) R-colored vowel (alternative)

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