User:Nickshanks/IPA
A transcription of me reading the opening passage of my user page:
ˈnɪkələs ʤɔːʤ ʃæŋks wəz bɔːn ɒn ðə fɜːst əv meɪ ˈnaɪntiːn ˈeɪti wɒn æt ðə kʷiːnz ˈmɛdɪkəl ˈsɛntɚ ɪn ˈnɒtɪŋəm, tuː ə ˈskɒtɪʃ ˈfɑːðɚ ən ˌhʌŋˈgɛːɹiən ˈmʌðə. hi wəz ɹeɪzd ɪn wɛsʔ ˈbɹɪʤfəd bəˈfɔː ˈmuːvɪŋ əʔ eɪʤ ˈeɪtiːn tə ˈhæʔfiːɫd tuˑ əˈtɛnd ðə ˌjuːnɪˈvɜːsəti əv ˈhɑːʔfədʃə wɛː hi ɹɛd ˌæstɹəʊˈfɪzɪks.
nɪk.ləs ɹaɪts ˈsɒfˀwɛː fɔː ðiː æpəl ˈmækɪntɒʃ, æn weɪsts hɪz spɛə taɪm ˈɹidɪŋ biː biː siː ɲʲuːz ən ˈlɜːnɪŋ ˈlæŋˌgwɪʤəz (ˈgeɪlɪk, læˈtiːnə, nɪˈhɒŋgəʊ, rʌskiː ɛt ælɪs). bəˈsaɪˀz ˈæstɹəʊˌfɪzɪks, kɒmˈpjuːtɪŋ ən lɪŋˈgwɪst.ɪks, hɪz ˈɪntɹɛsʔs ɪnkluːd ˈɑːkiˌɒləʤi, ˈpeɪliːˌɒntɒləʤi, ˈpeɪliːəʊˌænθɹəˌpɒləʤi, ˈhʲuːmən ən ɹəˈbɒtɪk ˈspeɪsˌflaɪt, ˈtɛrəˌfɔːmɪŋ, ˈfiːˌmeəlz, 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[edit]
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 | |||||||||
| fricative | f v | θ ð | s z | ʃ ʒ | x 1 | h | |||
| affricate | ʧ ʤ | ||||||||
| approximant | ɹ | j | w | ||||||
| lateral approximant | l, ɫ |
- /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!)