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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)
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

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