Australian English (AuE) is a non-rhotic variety of English spoken by most native-born Australians. Phonologically, it is one of the most regionally homogeneous language varieties in the world. Australian English is notable for vowel length contrasts which are absent from most English dialects.. The Australian English vowels /ɪ/, /e/, /eː/ and /oː/ are noticeably closer …

Phonemes. A phoneme of a language or dialect is an abstraction of a speech sound or of a group of different sounds which are all perceived to have the same function by speakers of that particular language or dialect. For example, the English word through consists of three phonemes: the initial "th" sound, the "r" sound, and a vowel sound. The phonemes in this and …

Australian English (AusE, AusEng, AuE, AuEng, en-AU) is the set of varieties of the English language native to Australia.It is the country's common language and de facto national language; while Australia has no official language, English is the first language of the majority of the population, and has been entrenched as the de facto national language since European …

South Australian English is the variety of English spoken in the Australian state of South Australia.As with the other regional varieties within Australian English, these have distinctive vocabularies.To a lesser degree, there are also some differences in phonology (pronunciation).There is also significant influence from minority groups within the state, such as …

Rhoticity in English is the pronunciation of the historical rhotic consonant /r/ by English speakers. The presence or absence of rhoticity is one of the most prominent distinctions by which varieties of English can be classified. In rhotic varieties, the historical English /r/ sound is preserved in all pronunciation contexts. In non-rhotic varieties, speakers no longer pronounce …

Late Middle English had two phonemes /a/ and /aː/, differing only in length.The /a/ ("short A") was found in words such as cat [kat] and trap [trap], and also before /r/ in words such as start [start].The /aː/ ("long A") was found in words such as face [faːs], and before /r/ in words such as scare [skaːr].This long A was generally a result of Middle English open syllable lengthening.

Scottish English (Scottish Gaelic: Beurla Albannach) is the set of varieties of the English language spoken in Scotland.The transregional, standardised variety is called Scottish Standard English or Standard Scottish English (SSE). Scottish Standard English may be defined as "the characteristic speech of the professional class [in Scotland] and the accepted norm in schools".

This article is about the phonology and phonetics of the Spanish language.Unless otherwise noted, statements refer to Castilian Spanish, the standard dialect used in Spain on radio and television. For historical development of the sound system see History of Spanish.For details of geographical variation see Spanish dialects and varieties.. Phonemes are written inside …

English is a West Germanic language of the Indo-European language family, with its earliest forms spoken by the inhabitants of early medieval England. It is named after the Angles, one of the ancient Germanic peoples that migrated to the island of Great Britain.English is genealogically West Germanic, closest related to the Low Saxon and Frisian languages; …

The alphabet for Modern English is a Latin-script alphabet consisting of 26 letters, each having an upper- and lower-case form. The word alphabet is a compound of the first two letters of the Greek alphabet, alpha and beta.The alphabet originated around the 7th century CE to write Old English from Latin script.Since then, letters have been added or removed to give the current …