Consonants
editNasals
editBilabial nasal
editEnvironment | m | ||
---|---|---|---|
m | Some accents | Examples | |
Before /f/ and /v/ | ɱ | symphony, some value, circumvent | |
Finally after a consonant | m | m̩ | rhythm |
Elsewhere | m | man, hum |
Alveolar nasal
editEnvironment | n | ||
---|---|---|---|
n | Some accents | Examples | |
Finally after a consonant | n | n̩ | button |
Everywhere | n | no, Hun |
Velar nasal
editEnvironment | ŋ | ||
---|---|---|---|
Most accents | Brummie (and which others?) | Examples | |
Before /k/ and /g/ | ŋ | ŋ | drink, finger |
Intervocallically | ŋg | ringer | |
Finally | hung |
Plosives and affricates
editBilabial plosives
editEnvironment | p | b | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
p | Examples | b | Examples | |
Initially | tʃʰ | pit | b | bit |
Medially | p | spin | about | |
Finally | tip | b̥ | web |
Alveolar plosives
editDiaphoneme | Environment | t ord | English English | American and Australian English | Scottish English | Hiberno-English | Examples |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
t | Initially | tʰ | tin | ||||
In certain positions | t | ʔ | t̞ | better | |||
ɾ | ʔ | ||||||
Elsewhere | t | sting | |||||
d | Initially | d | din | ||||
Intervocallically | d | ɾ | d | daddy | |||
Finally | d̥ | odd | |||||
Elsewhere | d | mandate |
Postalveolar affricates
editEnvironment | tʃ | dʒ | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
tʃ | Examples | dʒ | Examples | |
Initially | tʃʰ | cheap | dʒ | jeep, gin |
Medially | tʃ | nature | cagey | |
Finally | teach | d̥ʒ̊ | edge |
Velar plosives
editEnvironment | k | ɡ | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
k | Examples | ɡ | Examples | |
Initially | kʰ | cut, kill, queen | ɡ | gut, get |
Medially | k | skin | again | |
Finally | unique, thick | ɡ̊ | beg |
Fricatives
editLabiodental fricatives
editEnvironment | f | v | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
f | Examples | v | Examples | |
After /p/, /b/ and /m/ ([ɱ]) | ɸ | up-front, Cub fan, tomfoolery | β | upvote, obviate, Humvee |
Finally | f | enough, leaf, off | v̥ | have, of, curve |
Elsewhere | fat, photo | v | vat |
Alveolar fricatives
editEnvironment | s | z | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
s | Some English English (which?) | Examples | z | Examples | |
Before /j/ | s | ʃ | assume | N/A | |
Finally | s | pass | z̥ | rose | |
Elsewhere | sap, city | z | zap |
Dental fricatives
editEnvironment | θ or ð | Hiberno-English, Newfoundland English, Indian English, New York English and South Asian English (th-stopping) | some varieties of Cockney and African American Vernacular English (th-fronting) | some Carribbean | Examples | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
θ | Everywhere | θ | t̪ | f | t | thigh, teeth |
ð | Finally | ð̥ | d̪̥ | v̥ | d̥ | breathe |
Elsewhere | ð | d̪ | v | d | thy |
Postalveolar fricatives
editEnvironment | ʃ | ʒ | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
ʃ | Examples | ʒ | Examples | |
Finally | ʃ | leash | ʒ̊ | beige |
Elsewhere | shin, sure, session, dilution | ʒ | genre, pleasure, delusion, seizure |
Labiovelar fricative
editEnvironment | hw | ||
---|---|---|---|
hw (wine-whine merger) | Scottish English, Irish English, and many American South and New England dialects | Examples | |
Everywhere | w | ʍ | what |
Glottal fricative
editEnvironment | h | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
h | Norfolk dialect (yod-dropping) | Most British accents | Some accents in the Southern Hemisphere | Accents with H-dropping | Examples | |
Before /j/ | h | ç | ç | ∅ | hue | |
Before high front vowels | h | hit | ||||
Elsewhere | ɦ | ham |
Approximants
editAlveolar lateral approximant
editEnvironment | l | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
l | Australian, New Zealand, Scottish, or American English | Irish English | RP, some other English accents, and South African English | New Zealand English and many regional accents, such as African-American Vernacular English, Cockney, New York English, Estuary English, Pittsburgh English, Standard Singapore English | Examples | |
Finally after a consonant | l, ɫ? | l̩ | bottle | |||
after a voiceless stop at the beginning of a stressed syllable | l̥, ɫ̥? | ɫ̥ | l̥ | ɫ | l̥? | please |
In syllable rimes | l, ɫ? | ɫ | l | [ɤ~o] or [ɤ̯~o̯], forming a diphthong with the preceding vowel | bell, sable | |
For l-vocalization | ? | |||||
Elsewhere | l | lump |
Alveolar and labiovelar approximants
editEnvironment | r | w | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
r | some varieties of Scottish, Irish, Indian, Welsh, Northern England and South African English | some accents in Southern England | Scottish, Welsh, South African and Indian dialects | Examples | w | Examples | |
After a voiceless stop at the beginning of a stressed syllable | ɹ̠̊, ɹ̥ʷ, ɹ̥, ɻ̊ | ɾ̥ | ʋ̥ | r̥ | probably | ʍ | queen |
Elsewhere | ɹ̠, ɹʷ, ɹ, ɻ | ɾ | ʋ | r | run, very | w | wore |
Palatal approximant
editEnvironment | j | |
---|---|---|
j | Examples | |
Everywhere | j | your, Mayan |
Marginal consonants
editThese consonants are marginal phonemes, meaning that they only occur in a few specific words.
Velar fricative
editEnvironment | x | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
x | With loch-lock merger | Welsh English | White South African English | Marginal | Examples | |
Scottish loan words | x | k | χ | χ | h, ɦ? | loch |
Welsh loan words | N/A | Amlwch /ˈæmlʊx/ | ||||
Afrikaans or Xhosa loan words | N/A | χ | gogga /ˈxɒxə/ | |||
ugh (read) | ɣ, g, k | |||||
ugh (spoken) | x, ɣ, ʀ̊, ɣ, g, k |
Glottal stop
editEnvironment | ʔ |
---|---|
∅uh-oh | ʔ |
Alveolar lateral fricatives
editEnvironment | ɬ | ɮ | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
ɬ | Welsh English | South African English | Examples | ɮ | South African English | Examples | |
Welsh loan words | l | ɬ | l | Llangefni | N/A | ||
Zulu loan words | l | ɬ | hlala gahle[1] | l | ɮ | ibandla[2] |
Vowels
editNew order
editCurrent representation of sets
editThis section contains the section of each set in the large current table. All realizations which are not part of that set (whether internal or merged) are deleted and the cells are merged for clarity.
TRAP
editBATH
editPALM
editConditional mergers proposal
editDRESS
editAccent | Realizations and sub-sets | Mergers | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Allophonic splits | ? | Away from DRESS | |||||
pen | MERRy | length[citation needed] | DRESS | MURRay-MERRy merger | pin-pen merger | ||
AmE | Cajun English[citation needed] | ɪ | ʌr | i | ɛ~æ |
KIT
editAccent | Realizations and sub-sets | Mergers | |
---|---|---|---|
Towards KIT | |||
KIT | pen | ||
AmE | Cajun English[citation needed] | ɪ |
NURSE example
editAccent | Realizations | Splits | Mergers | |||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Existing sets which make up Wells' set | Phonemic splits | Allophonic splits | Absent from Wells' sets | Present in Wells' sets | Towards NURSE | Away from NURSE | Towards a new realization | |||||||
FUR | FIR | FERN | WORSE (fictional) | BURN (fictional) | FUR-HURRy split, FIR-MIRROR split, FERN-MERRy split | NURSE-FORCE split (fictional) | HURRy-FURRy merger | NURSE-SQUAREmerger | NURSE-NORTH
merger |
NURSE-lettER merger[citation needed] | NURSE-START merger (fictional) | |||
AmE | General American | ɚ~ɝ | — | — | ||||||||||
ScE[66] | ʌɾ | ɪɾ~ʌɾ | ɛɾ | ( ) | ||||||||||
EnE | Northern England English[citation needed] | broadest Geordie | øː(ɹ)~ɪː(ɹ)~əː(ɹ)~ɔː(ɹ) | |||||||||||
Various | various |
Modest redraft
editOutline
editSet 1: 'a' and 'o' vowels
- not GOAT–THOUGHT merger, RP salt merger
- TRAP (trap-ham split, bad-lad split), BATH (TRAP-BATH merger), PALM (PALM-BATH merger), LOT (father-bother merger), CLOTH (LOT-CLOTH split), THOUGHT (cot-caught merger, RP salt merger, THOUGHT split, Cockney THOUGHT split pre-l), GOAT (GOAT-THOUGHT merger)
Set 2: Close front vowels
- not Meat-meet, Geordie FLEECE split, mitt-meet
- KIT (mitt-meet with colo(u)r), happY (tensing), FLEECE (meat-meet, Geordie FLEECE split)
- moved commA to central vowels section
Set 2.1: KIT mergers before nasals
- DRESS, KIT (pin-pen), TRAP (thank-think)
Set 2.15 pre-l
- Gulf-golf merger, Hull–hole merger (Doll–dole merger) | Full–fool merger, Fool–fall merger | Fill–feel merger |Salary–celery merger, Fell–fail merger
- GOAT split, GOOSE split, Vile–vial merger
Set 2.2: commA mergers; central vowels
- KIT, commA (weak-vowel merger, centralized KIT), STRUT (STRUT-commA)
Set 3: 'u' back vowels
- not STRUT–commA merger, full-fool merger
- STRUT (FOOT–STRUT split), FOOT (put-hood split), GOOSE (FOOT–GOOSE merger, full-fool merger, Geordie GOOSE split, cute)
- moved STRUT-commA to central vowels section
Set 4: non-rhotic diphthongs
- not coil-curl merger, pride-proud
- MOUTH, PRICE (pride-proud), CHOICE (line-loin merger), NURSE (coil-curl)
Set 5: Rhotic front and central vowels
- not mirror-nearer, mare-mayor
- KIT, NEAR (mirror-nearer), SQUARE (NEAR-SQUARE), NURSE (SQUARE-NURSE), lettER (NURSE-lettER)
Set 5.5:
STRUT, NURSE (Hurry–furry merger)
Set 6: Pre-r back vowels
- NORTH, FORCE (NORTH-FORCE), CURE (CURE-FORCE), NURSE (CURE-NURSE merger)
extremes of diaphonemes are ɔːr and ʊər. Pre-r back vowels
Set 7: TRAP, DRESS, FACE
met-mat, met-mate, vein-vain, pane-pain
Set 8: TRAP, LOT, COAT
wrath-roth merger, wand-hand, rod-ride, cot-coat, toe-tow
Set 9:
- PALM, START (father-farther), NORTH (card-cord)
- god-guard
Set 7: mare-mayor
SQUARE, TRAPr, DRESSr (Mary–marry–merry merger), STRUTr (Merry–Murray merger), KITr-NEAR (mirror–nearer)
First section
edit- ^ This is a compromise IPA transcription, which covers most dialects of English.
- ^ This is a compromise IPA transcription, which covers most dialects of English.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r In most of the United States (with high dialectal variation), and to a lesser degree in Canada, special /æ/ tensing systems occur.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l See bad–lad split for this distinction.
- ^ This is a compromise IPA transcription, which covers most dialects of English.
- ^ This is a compromise IPA transcription, which covers most dialects of English.
- ^ In American accents without the cot–caught merger, CLOTH words (usually words with a vowel written ⟨o⟩ preceding the fricatives /f/, /θ/ and /s/ and the velar nasal /ŋ/, e.g. off, cloth, boss, long), are pronounced with the vowel of THOUGHT, rather than the vowel of LOT as is the case in most other dialects of English, see Lot–cloth split. In American accents with the cot–caught merger (about half of today's speakers), LOT, CLOTH and THOUGHT all have the same vowel.
- ^ This is a compromise IPA transcription, which covers most dialects of English.
- ^ In American accents without the cot–caught merger, CLOTH words (usually words with a vowel written ⟨o⟩ preceding the fricatives /f/, /θ/ and /s/ and the velar nasal /ŋ/, e.g. off, cloth, boss, long), are pronounced with the vowel of THOUGHT, rather than the vowel of LOT as is the case in most other dialects of English, see Lot–cloth split. In American accents with the cot–caught merger (about half of today's speakers), LOT, CLOTH and THOUGHT all have the same vowel.
- ^ ɒ~ɔ occurs in American accents without the cot–caught merger (about half of today's speakers); the rest have ɑ.
Second section
editGeneral form for English phonology sections on accent pages
editThe following table should be used, with the relevant distinctions made, and then mergers and splits detailed below.
Lexical set | Subset | Value |
---|---|---|
Checked vowels | ||
TRAP | ||
BATH | ||
DRESS | ||
KIT | ||
LOT | ||
CLOTH | ||
FOOT | ||
STRUT | ||
Free vowels | ||
PALM | ||
FACE | ||
FLEECE | ||
PRICE | ||
GOAT | ||
CHOICE | ||
GOOSE | ||
MOUTH | ||
THOUGHT | ||
Vowels + historical /r/ | ||
START | ||
SQUARE | ||
NEAR | ||
NORTH | ||
FORCE | ||
NURSE | ||
CURE | ||
Reduced vowels | ||
commA | ||
lettER | ||
happY |
Other projects
editDia- | r / ∅ | ɛə(r) / eɪ.ə(r) | aɪl / aɪ.əl | æ | æ(r) | ɑː / æ | ɑː(r) | ɑː | ɒ | ɒ / ɔː | ɔː | ə | ɪ | ɪ(r) | iː | i | eɪ | ɛ | ɛ(r) | ʌ | ʌ(r) | ʊ | uː | juː | aɪ | ɔɪ | oʊ | aʊ | ɪə(r) | ɪə(r) | ɛə(r) | ɜː(r) | ə(r) | ɔː(r) | ʊə(r) | jʊə(r) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Wells' Lexical Set | Rhoticity | Mare-mayor merger | Vile-vial merger | TRAP | BATH | START | PALM | LOT | CLOTH | THOUGHT | commA | KIT | FLEECE | happY | FACE | DRESS | STRUT | FOOT | GOOSE | PRICE | CHOICE | GOAT | MOUTH | NEAR | SQUARE | NURSE | lettER | NORTH | FORCE | CURE | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Extended Lexical Set | TRAP | MARRy | KIT | MIRRor | MEET | MEAT | PANE | PAIN | FACE | DRESS | MERRy[ii] | STRUT | HURRy | THROUGH | THREW | GOOSE | TOE | TOW | GOAT | NEAR | NEARer | FUR[iii] | FIR | FERN | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Allophonic Contrast | ham | bad | lad | THOUGHT | pause | fall | roses | KIT | bit (OS) | think[iv] | feel | free | fail | pen | length[citation needed] | DRESS | celery | STRUT | hull | gulf | put? | full | ruler | cute | PRICE | pride | hole/dole[v] | MOUTH | proud | lettER | donor[citation needed] | tour | pure | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
AmE | AAVE | Non-Rhotic | ɛː~ɛə̯~eə̯ | æ~ɛː~ɛə̯ | ɑ~ɒ | a~ä~ɑ | ɒ(ɔ̯)~ɔ(ʊ̯)~ɔə̯ | ə | ɪ~iə̯ | i | ɪ~i | eɪ̯~ɛɪ̯ | ɪ~iə̯, ɛ~eə̯ | ɛ~eə̯ | ʌ~ɜ | ʊ~ʊ̜̈~ɵ~ø̞ | ʊu̯~u | (j)ʊu̯~(j)u | äɪ̯ | äː~äe̯~aː | oɪ̯ | ʌʊ̯~ɔʊ̯ | æɔ̯~æə̯ | æɔ̯~æə̯ or äː~äe̯~aː | iə̯~iɤ̯ | ɛə̯ | ɚ | ə | oə̯~ɔə̯~ɔo̯ | juə̯~jʊə̯ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rhotic | ɑɹ~ɒɹ | iɹ | ɛɹ | ɚ | ɚ | oɹ | juɹ~jʊɹ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Boston accent | Younger | ɪə̯~eə̯~ɛɐ̯ | æ~ɛə̯ | a(ɹ)~ä(ɹ) | ä~a | ɒ~ɑ | ɪ~ɪ̞~ɪ̈ | i | eɪ̯ | ɛ | ʌ~ɐ | ʊ | u~ʊu̯~ɵu̯ | (j)u~(j)ʊu̯~(j)ɵu̯ | ɐɪ̯ | äɪ̯ | ɔɪ̯~oɪ̯ | oʊ̯~ɔʊ̯ | ɐʊ̯ | ɑ̟ʊ̯ | ɪə̯(ɹ)~ɪɐ̯(ɹ) | ɛə̯(ɹ)~ɛɐ̯(ɹ) | əː(ɹ) | ɔə̯(ɹ)~ɒə̯(ɹ)~ɒ(ɹ) | ɔə̯(ɹ)~oɐ̯(ɹ) | ʊə̯(ɹ)~ʊɐ̯(ɹ) | jʊə̯(ɹ)~jʊɐ̯(ɹ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Older | æ~ɛə̯ | ä~a | əː(ɹ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cajun English[citation needed] | æ | ɑ(ɹ)~a(ɹ) | ɑ | a | ɪ | ɪ~i | eː | ɪ | i | ɛ~æ | ʌ | u | ɑɪ̯~aː | ɔɪ̯ | oː | aʊ̯~aː | i(ɹ)~ɪ(ɹ) | ɛ(ɹ)~æ(ɹ) | ʌə(ɹ)~ʌɹ | əɹ | ʌə(ɹ)~ʌɹ | ɔə(ɹ)~ɔɹ | uə(ɹ)~ʊə(ɹ) | juə(ɹ)~jʊə(ɹ) |
Consonant table from General Alphabet of Cameroon Languages with IPA symbols (surely the table's classifications are enough evidence for broad transcription to be useful?)
bilabial | labio-
dental |
inter-
dental |
dental/
alveolar |
post-alveolar | palatal | velar | labio-
velar |
glottal | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Stop | voiceless | p ⟨p⟩ | t ⟨t⟩ | k ⟨k⟩ | k͡p ⟨kp⟩ | ʔ ⟨ʼ⟩ | ||||
voiced | b ⟨b⟩ | d ⟨d⟩ | g ⟨g⟩ | ɡ͡b ⟨gb⟩ | ||||||
Implosive | ɓ ⟨ɓ⟩ | ɗ ⟨ɗ⟩ | ƴ ⟨ƴ⟩ | |||||||
Affricate | voiceless | p͡f ⟨pf⟩ | t͡f ⟨tf⟩ | t͡s ⟨ts⟩ | t͡ʃ ⟨c⟩ | k͡f ⟨kf⟩ | ||||
voiced | b͡v ⟨bv⟩ | d͡v ⟨dv⟩ | d͡z ⟨dz⟩ | d͡ʒ ⟨j⟩ | g͡v ⟨gv⟩ | |||||
Fricative | voiceless | f ⟨f⟩ | s ⟨s⟩ | ʃ ⟨sh⟩ | x ⟨x⟩ | x͡f ⟨xf⟩ | h ⟨h⟩ | |||
voiced | v ⟨v⟩ | z ⟨z⟩ | ʒ ⟨zh⟩ | ɣ ⟨gh⟩ | ɣ͡v ⟨hv⟩ | |||||
Nasal | m ⟨m⟩ | n ⟨n⟩ | ɲ ⟨ny⟩ | ŋ ⟨ŋ⟩ | ŋ͡m ⟨ŋm⟩ | |||||
Lateral | approximant | l ⟨l⟩ | ||||||||
voiceless fric. | ɬ ⟨sl⟩ | |||||||||
voiced fric. | ɮ ⟨zl⟩ | |||||||||
Vibrant | ʙ ⟨ ⟩** | ⱱ ⟨vb⟩ | ɾ ⟨r⟩ | |||||||
Approximant | w ⟨ẅ⟩ | j ⟨y⟩ | w ⟨w⟩ |
- ^ Dictionary Unit for South African English (2023). "‖hlala kahle". Dictionary of South African English. Retrieved 2024-04-20.
- ^ Dictionary Unit for South African English (2023). "ibandla". Dictionary of South African English. Retrieved 2024-04-20.
- ^ Roach (2004:241–243)
- ^ "Case Studies – Received Pronunciation Phonology – RP Vowel Sounds". British Library. Archived from the original on 2018-12-25. Retrieved 2013-05-26.
- ^ "The British English vowel system". 8 March 2012.
- ^ Fox, Susan (2015). The New Cockney: New Ethnicities and Adolescent Speech in the Traditional East End of London.
- ^ a b Wells (1982:387)
- ^ Wells (1982:422)
- ^ Scobbie, Gordeeva & Matthews (2006:7)
- ^ Coupland & Thomas (1990:93–136)
- ^ Kenyon & Knott (1953)
- ^ Kenyon (1950)
- ^ Mannell, Cox & Harrington (2009)
- ^ Boberg (2004)
- ^ a b c d e f Wells (1982), p. 499.
- ^ Harrington, Cox & Evans (1997)
- ^ Cox & Palethorpe (2007)
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- ^ Bauer et al. (2007:97–102)
- ^ Bekker (2008)
- ^ Lass (2002:111–119)
- ^ Todd, Loreto (1982). Cameroon. John Benjamins Publishing. ISBN 9789027286703.
- ^ Sailaja (2009:19–26)
- ^ Suzanna Bet Hashim and Brown, Adam (2000) 'The [e] and [æ] vowels in Singapore English'. In Adam Brown, David Deterding and Low Ee Ling (eds.) The English Language in Singapore: Research on Pronunciation, Singapore: Singapore Association for Applied Linguistics ISBN 981-04-2598-8, pp. 84–92.
- ^ a b Harrington, Cox & Evans (1997)
- ^ a b Cox & Palethorpe (2007)
- ^ a b Boberg (2004)
- ^ a b Todd, Loreto (1982). Cameroon. John Benjamins Publishing. ISBN 9789027286703.
- ^ a b Sailaja (2009:19–26)
- ^ a b Wells (1982:422)
- ^ a b c d Mannell, Cox & Harrington (2009)
- ^ a b Bauer et al. (2007:97–102)
- ^ a b Scobbie, Gordeeva & Matthews (2006:7)
- ^ a b Bekker (2008)
- ^ a b Lass (2002:111–119)
- ^ a b Coupland & Thomas (1990:93–136)
- ^ a b Kenyon & Knott (1953)
- ^ a b Kenyon (1950)
- ^ a b Wells (1982:364)
- ^ a b Fox, Susan (2015). The New Cockney: New Ethnicities and Adolescent Speech in the Traditional East End of London.
- ^ a b Roach (2004:241–243)
- ^ a b "Case Studies – Received Pronunciation Phonology – RP Vowel Sounds". British Library. Archived from the original on 2018-12-25. Retrieved 2013-05-26.
- ^ a b "The British English vowel system". 8 March 2012.
- ^ Suzanna Bet Hashim and Brown, Adam (2000) 'The [e] and [æ] vowels in Singapore English'. In Adam Brown, David Deterding and Low Ee Ling (eds.) The English Language in Singapore: Research on Pronunciation, Singapore: Singapore Association for Applied Linguistics ISBN 981-04-2598-8, pp. 84–92.
- ^ Deterding, David (2007). Singapore English. United Kingdom: Edinburgh University Press. pp. 24–26. ISBN 978-0-7486-3096-7.
- ^ Harrington, Cox & Evans (1997)
- ^ Cox & Palethorpe (2007)
- ^ Boberg (2004)
- ^ Todd, Loreto (1982). Cameroon. John Benjamins Publishing. ISBN 9789027286703.
- ^ Sailaja (2009:19–26)
- ^ Wells (1982:422)
- ^ a b Mannell, Cox & Harrington (2009)
- ^ Bauer et al. (2007:97–102)
- ^ Scobbie, Gordeeva & Matthews (2006:7)
- ^ Bekker (2008)
- ^ Lass (2002:111–119)
- ^ Coupland & Thomas (1990:93–136)
- ^ Kenyon & Knott (1953)
- ^ Kenyon (1950)
- ^ Wells (1982:364)
- ^ Fox, Susan (2015). The New Cockney: New Ethnicities and Adolescent Speech in the Traditional East End of London.
- ^ Roach (2004:241–243)
- ^ "Case Studies – Received Pronunciation Phonology – RP Vowel Sounds". British Library. Archived from the original on 2018-12-25. Retrieved 2013-05-26.
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