Vowels: Standard - 'a' as in ‘path’. Variation - 'e' followed by 'l' or 'r' is 'e' as in 'fern', or ‘i’ when ‘i’ follows a ‘p’ and is followed by ‘r’, ‘rn’ or ‘rt’, the ‘i’ is rounded off like ‘tu’ in French. (top of the tongue touches the back of the palate)