Monophthongs and diphthongs FACE

The FACE diphthong is most often realized by Indo-Fijian speakers as a monophthong – a lengthened [e], e.g. day > [de:], occupation > [ɔkape:ʃən]. Note also

Fiji Hindi’s esTet  < estate, kek [ke:k] < cake, pleT  < plate (Siegel 1991). For those speakers who articulate FACE as a diphthong, the second target [i] is generally only weakly articulated.