Sound system Vowels PRICE

Another diphthong observed in Gullah is [ɐɪ​] , which is produced by the current speaker in the word PRICE. According to Turner, the nucleus of this diphthong is normally [ɒ]. However, he observes that it is advanced and raised to [ɐ] when it is followed by a voiceless consonant (as in PRICE) and often when it is preceded by what Turner calls a “fricative r” (2002: 21). Turner uses the term “fricative r” to refer to a “voiced post-alveolar fricative consonant” (2002: 28). It is not clear, however, that this is the sound preceding the diphthong in PRICE. With regard to the second member of this diphthong, Turner alternates between the symbols [ɪ] and the more retracted, central vowel  (1971: 125–126; 2002: 21).