u/pr0p1k

Hey, I found out there's at least the new MV Mwanza now on the lake, but I couldn't find any schedules or tickets whatsoever.
The only things I've found: https://tiketi.com/ferry/mv-mwanza
https://responsibletourismcompany.com/mv-new-mwanza-new-lake-victoria-ferry-boosts-travel-park-tours-from-kampala-or-entebbe-to-tanzania-kenya/

https://kiroyeratours.com/lake-victoria-ferry-resumes/

But there's no information except a few vague whatsapp contacts.

Is it operating? Can I count on this as a means to get from Kampala to Mwanza?

It’s confusing in every way possible:
short falling? Yes, double grave accent (thanks for the descending at least)
short rising? Yes, grave accent
long falling? Yes, whatever
Long rising? Yes, single acute accent

So I can either do the Slaughter to Prevail like low, and some fry sounding high, but can’t extend them to other registers. Advice?

I noticed most Europeans have than-then and bot-but mergers, should we add? (Joking)

16:46 "playing" sounds a bit Australian with the diphthong being closer /aɪ/.
16:29 "experiment" is /ɪkˈspɪɹ.ə.mənt/ with /ɪ/ vowel. I thought it should the cheer-chair merger, but wiki says the merger merges towards the "chair" vowel, not the opposite.
18:01 "best" vowel is lowered similar to the "playing" diphthong.
18:09 "amp", 2:03 "band" have æ-raising (actually not sure about this one)
18:22 "get" sounds like "git"
16:27 "then" doesn't feature the pin-pen merger, and sounds rather like "than". The vowel is lowered again.

2:00 - 2:05 I really can't tell if "all" and "call" have /ɑ/ or /ɔ/, and next to the word "moderate" with a clear /ɑ/, it sounds like his "call" vowel is backed, but not really an /ɔ/, thus I can't tell if he has the cot-caught merger 😭

Just based on the absence of the pin-pen merger and presence of æ-raising, I would put him somewhere around northern Michigan. What do you think?