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  2. Hyperforeignism - Wikipedia

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    The correct pronunciation of Norman French is often closer to a natural contemporary English reading than to modern French: the attempt to pronounce these phrases as if they were modern French could therefore be considered to be a hyperforeignism. For example, the clerk's summons "Oyez!

  3. List of languages by number of phonemes - Wikipedia

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    English: Indo-European: 44 40: 24 20 16 Counting diphthongs as vowels; General American has 16 vowels while Received Pronunciation has 20 vowels, See English phonology [16] Finnish: Uralic: 21 + (4) 13 + (4) 8 [17] French: Indo-European: 34 + (1) 20 + (1) 14 Vowels have been merged into /a/ and /ɛ̃/, respectively, in Parisian French. /ŋ/ is ...

  4. Japanese numerals - Wikipedia

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    The number 9 is also considered unlucky; when pronounced ku, it is a homophone for suffering (苦). The number 13 is sometimes considered unlucky, though this is a carryover from Western tradition. In contrast, 7 and sometimes 8 are considered lucky in Japanese. [2] In modern Japanese, cardinal numbers except 4 and 7 are generally given the on ...

  5. Perception of English /r/ and /l/ by Japanese speakers

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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].

  6. Help:IPA/French - Wikipedia

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    This is the pronunciation key for IPA transcriptions of French on Wikipedia. It provides a set of symbols to represent the pronunciation of French in Wikipedia articles, and example words that illustrate the sounds that correspond to them.

  7. Lexical similarity - Wikipedia

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    In the case of English-French lexical similarity, at least two other studies [7] [8] estimate the number of English words directly inherited from French at 28.3% and 41% respectively, with respectively 28.24% and 15% of other English words derived from Latin, putting English-French lexical similarity at around 0.56, with reciprocally lower ...

  8. List of official languages of international organizations

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    Arabic, English, French, Spanish, Russian and German: Holy See: Latin (official), Italian (administrative and diplomatic) and French (diplomatic) International Criminal Court (ICC) Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish (English and French are working languages) [4] International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol)

  9. SAMPA chart - Wikipedia

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    English this, Icelandic fræði 'science' s: s: voiceless alveolar fricative: English see, Spanish sí ('yes') z: z: voiced alveolar fricative: English zoo, German sein 'to be' S: ʃ: voiceless postalveolar fricative: English she, French chou 'cabbage' Z: ʒ: voiced postalveolar fricative: French jour 'day', English pleasure: C: ç: voiceless ...