User:Van.se/IPA
Analysis[edit]
Here are the phonemes I think I use:
Vowels[edit]
Monophthongs[edit]
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[edit]
| 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[edit]
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[edit]
| Labial | Dental | Alveolar | Post-alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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[edit]
| 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[edit]
Linking R is present, intrusive R is not.
Yod-dropping and yod-coalescence[edit]
No yod-dropping.