User:Nickshanks/IPA
A transcription of me reading the opening passage of my user page:
ˈnɪkələs ʤɔːʤ ʃæŋks wəz bɔːn ɒn ðə wɛsʔ ˈbɹɪʤfəd bəˈfɔː ˈmuːvɪŋ əʔ eɪʤ ˈeɪtiːn tə ˈhæʔfiːɫd tuˑ əˈtɛnd ðə ˌjuːnɪˈvɜːsəti əv ˈhɑːʔfədʃə wɛː hi ɹɛd ˌæstɹəʊˈfɪzɪks.
nɪk.ləs ɹaɪts ˈnæ.tɹəl ˈdɪzˌæsdəz, ənd ə ˈplɛθəɹɚ əv ʌðə ˈtɒpɪks. hɪz ˈmʲuːzɪkəl teɪsˀs ɪnkluːd bɹuːs ˈspɹɪŋˌstiːn, ðə pəˈliːs, diː ˈpɹɪnʔsən, kɹɪs ˈaɪzək, ˈʤɛfəsən ˈɛːpleɪn, ˈpiːtə ˈgeɪbɹiəl, ðə stiːv ˈmɪlə bænd ənd juː tu əˈmʌŋst mɛniː mɛniː ʌðəz.
Analysis
Here are the vowels and consonants I think that I use:
| Monophthongs | |
|---|---|
| iː | feet |
| ʉː | food |
| ɪ | fit |
| ʊ | foot |
| ə | any de-emphasised vowel |
| ɛ, ɛː | fen, fair |
| ɜː | fur |
| ʌ | fun |
| ɔː | fall, for |
| æ | fat |
| ɑː | far |
| ɒ | fog |
| Diphthongs & Glides | |
|---|---|
| iə | fear |
| jʉ | few |
| eɪ | face |
| ejə | fail |
| əʊ | foe |
| ɔjə | foil |
| aɪ | fight |
| æʊ | found |
two tables saying the same thing, which I'll try and consolidate at some point:
| bilabial | labio- dental |
dental | alveolar | post- alveolar |
palatal | labio- velar |
velar | glottal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
plosive
|
p b | t d | k g | ʔ | |||||
| nasal | m | n | ŋ | ||||||
flap
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fricative
|
f v | θ ð | s z | ʃ ʒ | x 1 | h | |||
affricate
|
ʧ ʤ | ||||||||
| approximant | ɹ | j | w | ||||||
| lateral approximant | l, ɫ |
| Place of articulation → | Labial | Coronal | Dorsal | Radical
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manner of articulation ↓ | Bilabial | Labio‐ dental |
Dental | Alveolar | Post‐ alveolar |
Retro‐ flex |
Palatal | Velar | Uvular | Pharyn‐ geal |
Epi‐
glottal |
Glottal | |||||
| Nasal | m
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n
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ŋ
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Plosive
|
p b | d
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k g | ʔ | |||||||||||||
Fricative
|
f v | θ ð | s z | ʃ ʒ | x1 | h | |||||||||||
Approximant
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ɹ
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j
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Tap or Flap
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| Lateral Fricative | ɬ 1
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| Lateral Approximant | ɫ
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- /x/ and /ɬ/ only in loan words (especially names of people and places).
- Note also no /ɾ/ or /r/ (I am completely unable to trill!)