Non-reduction of Kamtok vowels

Although Kamtok makes use of many words of English origin and continues to borrow heavily from that source, it hardly makes use of stress such as is found in English. All the syllables in Kamtok words tend to be stressed to some degree. This feature has considerably affected the manner in which words of English origin are produced in Kamtok. Thus the vowel sounds which would normally be reduced in English whenever they occur in unstressed position do not undergo reduction. The presence of unreduced vowels in every syllable often completely modifies the pronunciation of English words when these are used in Kamtok. Some examples follow: