Questions tagged [rhotics]
For questions about r-like sounds.
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Native Pronunciation of -rr- in the place name Wirral as voiced alveolar stop -d-
I was surprised to hear the Native Pronunciation of -rr- in the place name Wirral as voiced alveolar stop/tap -d- in this video as spoken by a native centenarian at the time point 0:47:
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Do any languages contrast [r] and [r:]?
I've heard of languages that contrast [r] and [ɾ] but I am unable to find any language that contrast a normal trill and a long trill. I searched far and near but to no avail. So is there any language ...
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Any languages that consider the alveolar and uvular trill distinct consonant phonemes?
I am intrigued by the difference between alveolar and uvular trills (and related phones) within and across languages, e.g., per this map of European /r/ usage (taken from this comment), which seems to ...
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When and where did the guttural 'r' originate?
I have often wondered why French is (almost) unique in the Romance languages in using the guttural 'r' – in particular, the uvular fricative. Apart from Piedmontese / Piedmontese Italian (and even ...
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Why do phonemes such as /r/ and /ɾ/ evolve into uvular sounds like /ʀ/?
Forgive me if this seems vague, but this is mainly looking at the Germanic languages. Proto-Germanic probably used an alveolar of some sort, most likely a trill.
In terms of Modern Germanic ...
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Does the French R-sound come from Germanic influence?
Unless I'm mistaken, it is the same sound as the R in German, Yiddish, Danish,and Swedish.
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How strong was the r/l distinction in Proto-Afro-Asiatic?
The East Asian languages do not distinguish r and l. The PIE had r/l alternation in suffixes: -tlom/-trom, -dhlom/-dhrom, -ter/-tel, -ros/-los.
What can be said in this context about Afro-Asiatic ...
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Other than Scottish rolled "r" and North American rhotacised vowels, are there any differences across "r" sounds in English dialects?
I'm wondering about subtle differences in /r/ sounds across varieties of English.
By subtle I mean I want to ignore the obvious large differences such as the trilled "r" in Scottish English and the ...
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What were allophone rules for [r] in Old English and Middle English?
I gather that [r] (trill) was realized as [ɹ] in different dialects of Old English and Middle English, but when [r] was used, was it an allophone?
In other words, did [r] vary predictably with [ɹ] (...
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