How is the surname Deulofeu (as in Gerard Deulofeu and Alexandre Deulofeu) pronounced in Standard Catalan/Central Catalan?
DCVB says it's from "Déu lo féu". So the main question is whether the first e of Deulofeu is reduced to a schwa /ə/? That is, is it pronounced /ˌdewluˈfew/ or /dəwluˈfew/ or both are valid?
A word with similar spelling déu-vos-guard is transcribed as /ˌdew.βuzˈɡwart/ (central) on Wiktionary. But I think I have heard the first syllable of Deulofeu be pronounced /dəw/ on some YouTube videos?
DCVB says it's from "Déu lo féu". So the main question is whether the first e of Deulofeu is reduced to a schwa /ə/? That is, is it pronounced /ˌdewluˈfew/ or /dəwluˈfew/ or both are valid?
A word with similar spelling déu-vos-guard is transcribed as /ˌdew.βuzˈɡwart/ (central) on Wiktionary. But I think I have heard the first syllable of Deulofeu be pronounced /dəw/ on some YouTube videos?
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