Getting the schwa sound correct is a good way of making your pronunciation more accurate and natural. The phonemic symbol for this sound is . Any vowel letter can be pronounced as schwa and the ...

These examples also show where the weak form schwa would be pronounced. When one word ends with a vowel sound and the next word begins with a vowel, another sound, a /w/ or /j/ can be added ...

Schwa u > is the most commonly occurring vowel. It is pronounced as [U] between rounded consonants. In Downriver and Upriver dialects it is frequently pronounced as [I] between alveolar and palatal ...