Questions tagged [ipa]
The International Phonetic Alphabet: A Latin-based alphabet designed for transcribing all sounds of all languages.
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Language With Percussives
Is any natural language introduces [ʬ] and [ʭ] along with their click consonants—or somewhat?
Тhаnk уоu.
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How the flap t [ɾ] should be transcribed in General American?
I've heard the flap t [ɾ] should be transcribe as /d/ because, for example, in General American "latter" and "ladder" sound the same, so it's natural for them to have the same ...
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Do I have to transcribe all pronunciation details if I use the [] transcription?
Let's say I transcribe the pronunciation of "relatively" in General American. Do I have to type [ˈɹɛɫɨɾɪvɫi] or can I omit some details (because perhaps I don't know all of them) and type ...
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How should I transcribe syllabic consonants phonemically in English?
I wonder how I should trascribe phonemically English words that contain a syllabic consonant like 'listen'. Is it phonemically /ˈlɪs.(ə)n/ or /ˈlɪs.n/ or /ˈlɪs.ən/ or /ˈlɪs.n̩/
If there's no ...
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Why do dictionaries say that 'trip' is pronounced /trɪp/ while I can hear [tʃɹɪp]?
I wonder why English dictionaries say that trip is pronounced /trɪp/ (not /tʃrɪp/) while I hear many people saying [tʃɹɪp] and even listening to the audio recordings that these dictionaries provice, ...
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Are /u/ and /i/ phonemes in English?
I wonder whether /u/ (as in situation) and /i/ (as in happy) are phonemes in English, particularly in RP and GA. Many dictionaries treat them in such way:
https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/...
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Is vowel length phonemic in General American?
Wikipedia says:
Vowel length is not phonemic in General American, and therefore vowels such as /i/ are customarily transcribed without the length mark.
But dictionaries sometimes distinguish between ...
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Why do English dictionaries transcribe syllabic l in different ways?
For example, look at the pronunciation of the "bubble" in different dictionaries:
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/bubble – it uses /(ə)l/
https://www....
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Why is the phonemic transcription of "the" /ði/ not /ðɪj/ although it's pronounced as [ðɪj] and there are phonemes /ɪ/ and /j/ in English?
According to Wiktionary when the English word the occurs immediately before vowel sounds, it is pronounced [ðɪj] phonetically.
Because there are minimal pairs for each of those individual sounds, you ...
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Why is the [ɨ] symbol much more common than the [ɘ] symbol?
According to Becker-Kristal (2010), most languages which are claimed to have the vowel inventory [a e i o u ɨ] actually have the vowel inventory [a e i o u ɘ], and the discrepancy cannot be explained ...
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What are some text examples of a language's phonemic contrasts? Ex: English's is The North Wind and The Sun Story
I am learning how to learn a new language and came across this passage used in phonetic demonstrations The North Wind and The Sun Wikipedia Article.
The fable [The North Wind and The Sun] is made ...
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What resources (software, books, videos or courses) do you recommend for learning how to use the IPA if I am self-taught?
I would like to learn the IPA. I like languages. I'm self-taught. I have Mark Aronoff's "Handbook of Linguistics" and Peter Ladefoged's "A Course in Phonetics." Besides English, I'...
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Why are proto-languages not written using IPA?
Reconstructed proto-language words seem to usually be written using the Latin alphabet. Why is IPA not used instead?
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How do I propose new stuff to International Phonetic Alphabet?
I want to try to propose new stuff to the IPA, but I don't know how to, so how do I do it?
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What is the difference between [ð̥] and [θ] (in the context of Spanish phonetics)?
This is what I saw from a book on Spanish phonetics:
In different Spanish dialects, /d/ at the end of a word can be realised as [ð̥], [θ] or [t].
What is the difference between [ð̥] and [θ] (in the ...
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