Cultivated Indian English
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This is the most respectful variety of English Language spoken in India.
Introduction
The accent is more or less similar to Received Pronunciation with a Indian Influences.It is closely approximating Received Pronunciation and associated with younger generation of urban and sub-urban regions of metropolitan cities of the country.
Phonology
Vowels
Cultivated Indian English vowels
Pure vowels (Monophthongs) | |||
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English diaphoneme | Cultivated Indian Englishphoneme | Example words | |
/æ/ | [æ~a] | act, pal, trap | |
/ɑː/ | [ɑː] | blah,father,palm,pass, bath | |
/ɒ/ | [ɔ] | lot, top, wasp,bother, | |
/ɔː/ | [ɔː~oː] | all, dog, bought, loss, saw, taught | |
/ɛ/ | [ɛ] | dress, met, bread | |
/ə/ | [ə] | about, syrup, arena | |
/ɪ/ | [ɪ] | hit, skim, tip | |
/iː/ | [iː] | beam, chic, fleet | |
/ɨ/ | [ɪ] | island, gamut, wasted | |
/ʌ/ | [ɐ~ä] | bus, flood, what | |
/ʊ/ | [ʊ~ɵ] | book, put, should | |
/uː/ | [uː] | food, glue, new | |
Diphthongs | |||
/aɪ/ | [äɪ~ɑɪ] | ride, shine, try | |
/aʊ/ | [æʊ~ɑʊ] | now, ouch, scout | |
/eɪ/ | [eɪ~ɛɪ] | lake, paid, rein | |
/ɔɪ/ | [ɔɪ~oɪ] | boy, choice, moist | |
/oʊ/ | [oʊ~əʊ] | goat, oh, show | |
/oʊ/ | [oʊ~ɔʊ] | goal,cold | |
R-colored vowels | |||
/ɑr/ | [ä(ɹ)~(ɑɹ] | barn, car, park | |
/ɛər/ | [ɛə(ɹ)] | bare, bear, there | |
/ɜr/ | [ə~ɐ] | burn, first, herd, learn, | |
/ər/ | [ə(ɹ)] | doctor,murder | |
/ɪər/ | [ɪə(ɹ)] | fear, peer, tier | |
/ɔr/ | [ɔː(ɹ)~oː(ɹ)] | horse, war | |
/ɔər/ | [ɔː(ɹ)~oː(ɹ)] | hoarse,score | |
/ʊər/ | [ʊə(ɹ)~ɔː(ɹ)~oː(ɹ)] | poor,tour | |
/jʊər/ | [jʊə(ɹ)~jɔː(ɹ)~joː(ɹ)] | cure, Europe, pure |
Consonants
ʍ spelled "wh" and w spelled "w" are merged to later form. Linking R is used but intrusive R is not permitted.The consonant clusters /tj/, /dj/, /nj/, /sj/ and /lj/ (as in tune, due, new, pursue, evolution) all may present, as found in Received Pronunciation but more often they are pronounced as /tʃ/, /dʒ/ and /ʃ/ in tune, due, pursue