tomkova2 The variables as delimited here are 1 /αù/ rather than /Q/ in path etc., 2 absence of non-prevocalic /r/, 3 close vowels for /Q/ and /E/, monophthongization of /aI/ and /AU/, 4 front /aù/ for /Aù/ in part etc., 5 absence of contrast of /�/ and /�ù/ in cot and caught, 6 /Q/ rather than /αù/ in can’t etc., 7 absence of contrast of /�/ and /αù/ as in bother and father, 8 consistent voicing of intervocalic /t/, 9 unrounded /α/ in pot, 10 syllabic /r/ in bird, 11 absence of contrast of /U/ and /uù/ as in pull and pool.