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The Japanese liquid is most often realized as an alveolar tap [ɾ], though there is some variation depending on phonetic context. [1] /r/ of American English (the dialect Japanese speakers are typically exposed to) is most commonly a postalveolar central approximant with simultaneous secondary pharyngeal constriction [ɹ̠ˤ] or less commonly a retroflex approximant [ɻ].
It provides a set of symbols to represent the pronunciation of Japanese in Wikipedia articles, and example words that illustrate the sounds that correspond to them. Integrity must be maintained between the key and the transcriptions that link here; do not change any symbol or value without establishing consensus on the talk page first.
Normative pitch accent, essentially the pitch accent of the Tokyo Yamanote dialect, is considered essential in jobs such as broadcasting.The current standards for pitch accent are presented in special accent dictionaries for native speakers such as the Shin Meikai Nihongo Akusento Jiten (新明解日本語アクセント辞典) and the NHK Nihongo Hatsuon Akusento Jiten (NHK日本語発音 ...
Respelling non-English pronunciations into English is inadequate and misleading. If an English respelling is given for a Welsh or Māori name, not only would it be bad Welsh or Māori but the implication would be that it's the English pronunciation. Nonetheless, an ad hoc description of a non-English language word in that language is permitted.
The Shikoku dialects (四国方言, Shikoku hōgen) are a group of the Japanese dialects spoken on Shikoku. [1] [2] The Shikoku dialects are: Awa dialect (Tokushima Prefecture, formerly known as Awa Province) Sanuki dialect (Kagawa Prefecture formerly known as Sanuki Province) Iyo dialect (Ehime Prefecture, formerly known as Iyo Province)
alveolo-palatal sibilant fricatives [ɕ, ʑ]. Features of the voiceless alveolo-palatal fricative: Its manner of articulation is sibilant fricative, which means it is generally produced by channeling air flow along a groove in the back of the tongue up to the place of articulation, at which point it is focused against the sharp edge of the nearly clenched teeth, causing high-frequency turbulence.
The aim of language exchange is to develop and increase language knowledge and intercultural skills. [1] This is usually done through social interaction with the native speaker. [ 1 ] Given that language exchanges generally take place between native speakers of different languages, there is also the side benefit of improving cross-cultural ...
Lang-8.com was a language exchange social networking website geared towards language learners. The website was run by Lang-8 Inc., which was based in Tokyo, Japan.As of 2017, there were over 750,000 registered users spanning more than 190 countries and 90 languages.