User:Nickshanks/IPA
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A transcription of me reading the opening passage of my user page:
ˈnɪkʰələs ʤɔːʤ ʃæŋks wəz bɔːn ɒn ðə fɜːst əv meɪ ˈnaɪntʰiːn ˈeɪtʰi wɒn æt ðə kʷiːnz ˈmɛdɪkʰəl ˈsɛntʰɚ ɪn ˈnɒtʰɪŋəm, tʰuː ə ˈskɒtʰɪʃ ˈfɑːðɚ ən ˌhʌŋˈgɛːɹiən ˈmʌðə. hi wəz ɹeɪzd ɪn wɛsʔ ˈbɹɪʤfəd bəˈfɔː ˈmuːvɪŋ əʔ eɪʤ ˈeɪtʰiːn tʰə ˈhæʔfiːɫd tʰuˑ əˈtʰɛnd ðə ˌjuːnɪˈvɜːsətʰi əv ˈhɑːʔfədʃə wɛː hi ɹɛd ˌæstɹəʊˈfɪzɪks.
næʊ ˈmænəʤɪŋ ˌdaɪˈɹɛktʰɚ əv ˌkʰɒgˈnɪʃən geɪmz lɪmɪtʰəd, nɪkʰ.ləs ɹaɪts ˈsɒfˀwɛː fɔː ðiː æpəl ˈmækʰɪntʰɒʃ, æn weɪsts hɪz spɛə tʰaɪm ˈɹidɪŋ biː biː siː ɲʲuːz ən ˈlɜːnɪŋ ˈlæŋˌgwɪʤəz (ˈgeɪlɪk, læˈtʰiːnə, nɪˈhɒŋgəʊ, rʌskiː ɛt ælɪs). bəˈsaɪˀz ˈæstɹəʊˌfɪzɪks, kʰɒmˈpʰjuːtɪŋ ən lɪŋˈgwɪst.ɪks, hɪz ˈɪntʰɹɛsʔs ɪnkʰluːd ˈɑːkʰiˌɒləʤi, ˈpʰeɪliːˌɒntʰɒləʤi, ˈpʰeɪliːəʊˌænθɹəˌpʰɒləʤi, ˈhʲuːmən ən ɹəˈbɒtɪk ˈspeɪsˌflaɪt, ˈtʰɛrəˌfɔːmɪŋ, ˈfiːˌmeəlz, ˈnæ.tɹəl ˈdɪzˌæsdəz, ənd ə ˈpʰlɛθəɹɚ əv ʌðə ˈtʰɒpɪks. hɪz ˈmʲuːzɪkʰəl tʰeɪsˀs ɪnkʰluːd bɹuːs ˈspɹɪŋˌstiːn, ðə pʰəˈliːs, diː ˈpɹɪnʔsən, kʰɹɪs ˈaɪzək, ˈʤɛfəsən ˈɛːpʰleɪn, ˈpʰiːtə ˈgeɪbɹiəl, ðə stiːv ˈmɪlə bænd ənd juː tu əˈmʌŋst mɛniː mɛniː ʌðəz.
[edit] Analysis
Here are the vowels and consonants I use:
| Front | N.-front | Central | N.-back | Back | |
| Close | |||||
| Near-close | |||||
| Close-mid | |||||
| Mid | |||||
| Open-mid | |||||
| Near-open | |||||
| Open | |||||
| Monophthongs | |
|---|---|
| iː | feet |
| uː | food |
| ɪ | fit |
| ʊ | foot |
| ə | any de-emphasised vowel |
| ɛ, ɛː | fen, fair |
| ɜ | fur |
| ʌ | fun |
| ɔː | fall |
| æ | fat |
| ɑː | far |
| ɒ | fog |
| Diphthongs | |
|---|---|
| aɪ | fight |
| æʊ | found |
| eɪ (or ɛɪ) | face |
| eə (or ɛə) | fail |
| iə | fear |
| əʊ | foe |
| 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!)
