<Li> The scholar Daan Wissing argues that / əi / is not a phonetically correct transcription and that / æɛ / is more accurate . In his analysis, he found that (æɛ) makes for 65% of the realisations, the other 35% being monophthongal, (ə), (æ) and (ɛ). </Li> <Li> Most often, / œi / has an unrounded offset . For some speakers, the onset is also unrounded . That can cause / œi / to merge with / əi /, which is considered non-standard . </Li> <Li> / ɔi, ai / occur mainly in loanwords . </Li> <Li> Older sources describe / œu / as a narrow back diphthong (ou). However, newer sources describe its onset as more front . For example, Lass (1984), states that the onset of / œu / is central (ɵu). <Ul> <Li> In some words, which, in English, are pronounced with / əʊ /, the Afrikaans equivalent tends to be pronounced with / œu /, rather than / ʊə / . That happens because Afrikaans / œu / is more similar to the usual South African realization of English / əʊ / . </Li> </Ul> </Li>

Ɛ and æ are allophones of the same phoneme in afrikaans