User:Van.se/IPA
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Here are the phonemes I think I use:
Vowels
Monophthongs
Additionally, I nasalise French loanwords with nasal vowels, e.g. /ˈflakɔ̃/, /fɪˈɑ̃seɪ/, /ˈkɹwasɑ̃/, /vɛ̃teœ̃/, and sometimes /ˈɹest(ə)ɹɑ̃/, and mostly keep the French vowel scheme in such loanwords.
Diphthongs
Diphthong | Example |
---|---|
Closing | |
eɪ̯1 | bay |
aɪ̯~ʌɪ̯2 | buy |
ɔɪ̯ | boy |
ɜʊ̯ | beau |
aʊ̯3 | bough |
Centring | |
ɪə̯4 | beer |
e̞ə̯ | bear |
ʊə̯ | boor |
ɔə̯ | boar |
- Might undergo smoothing as [eː] (word-middle, e.g. mail, sale), especially in fast speech.
- Sometimes undergoes smoothing as [aː] (word-middle, e.g. aisle, I'll), especially in fast speech.
- Sometimes undergoes smoothing as [ɑː] (word-middle, e.g. outside), especially in fast speech.
- Sometimes undergoes smoothing as [ɪː] (e.g. near, here), especially in fast speech.
you /juː/, yew /jɪʊ̯/, and ewe /ɪʊ̯/ are not homophones.
Triphthongs
My triphthongs mostly undergo smoothing, so I will have:
Triphthong | My rendering | Example |
---|---|---|
[aɪə] | [aə], less frequently [aː] | tire |
[ɑʊə] | [ɑə], less frequently [ɑː] | tower |
[əʊə] | [əʊə], less frequently [əːə] | lower |
[eɪə] | [ɛə], less frequently [ɛː] | layer |
[ɔɪə] | [ɔːə~ɔɪə] | loyal |
Consonants
Labial | Dental | Alveolar | Post-alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||||||||
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Nasal | m | n | ŋ | |||||||||||
Tap or flap | (ɾ̪̊)1 | (ɾ) | ||||||||||||
Stop | p | b | t | d | k | ɡ | ||||||||
Affricate | tʃ | dʒ | ||||||||||||
Fricative | f | v | θ | ð | s | z | ʃ | ʒ | (x)2 | h | ||||
Approximant | l | (ɹ̠̊)3 | ɹ̠ | j | ʍ4 | w |
- Allophone of /ɹ/ after /θ/, e.g. [θɾ̪̊iː] and [θɾ̪̊əʊ].
- Only in loanwords, e.g. Bach, loch.
- I think this is how I usually pronounce the digraph ⟨rh⟩.
- Pronunciation of the digraph ⟨wh⟩.
Pronunciation of lexical sets
Keyword | Pronunciation |
---|---|
KIT | ɪ |
DRESS | e̞ |
TRAP | æ |
LOT | ɒ |
STRUT | ʌ̈~ɐ |
FOOT | ʊ |
BATH | ɑː |
CLOTH | ɒː~ɔː |
NURSE | ɜː |
FLEECE | iː |
FACE | eɪ |
PALM | ɑː~ɑ̟ː |
THOUGHT | ɔ̹ː |
GOAT | ɜʊ |
GOOSE | uː~u̟ː |
PRICE | aɪ~ʌɪ |
CHOICE | ɔɪ |
MOUTH | aʊ |
NEAR | ɪə |
SQUARE | eə |
START | ɑː~ɑ̟ː |
NORTH | ɔ̹ː |
FORCE | ɔə |
CURE | ʊə |
happY | ɪ |
lettER | ə |
commA | ə |
GOAL | ɜʊ~oʊ |
Linking and intrusive R
Linking R is present, intrusive R is not.
Yod-dropping and yod-coalescence
No yod-dropping.