Vowels commA

English schwa [ə] in open syllables is [a] in basilectal Hawai‘i Creole.

In summary, basilectal Hawai‘i Creole speakers normally have a seven-vowel system:

/i/ ranges from a raised relatively tense [ɪ] to a slightly lax [i] and /u/ from a relatively raised and tense [ʊ] to a slightly lax [u]; /a/ ranges from [a] to [Λ]. The following diphthongs are also present: /eɪ/, /ɑʊ/, /ɑɪ/, /oɪ/ and /oʊ/. Basilectal Hawai‘i Creole has only one R-colored vowel: /зr/, occurring only in stressed syllables.