Data Sets

Brunei

ASEAN

Indonesian + Taiwanese — Ind2 : 1134

S1 = Taiwanese female
S2 = Indonesian male

Context: S2 is talking about the Kedayan language that is spoken in Brunei.

S2 : ... of course kedayan has many maLAY vocabularies (.) but it's totally speak different language

Intended Words: vocabularies

Heard as: ?

Discussion: S1 was unable to come up with a guess about this word and just wrote a question mark, even though she knew it was something to do with language.

S2's voice fades away when saying the word, and there is little stress on the second syllable. It is possible that use of the plural vocabularies for what is usually a non-count noun might also have contributed to the problem.