Most Common Sounds NOT in English

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  @LingoLizard · 2 years ago · pinned

  NOTE: <br>I realized that the alveolar trill /r/ does occur in some English dialects, and the Wikipedia page for &quot;pronounciation of /r/ in English&quot; lists 3 dialects where it occurs in, so it may very well not count.<br>Wikipedia also lists the &quot;sinitic symbols&quot; as alveo-palatal sounds, instead of pure palatal sounds. It&apos;s still a bit strange that this only occurs in Australia, and things from Wikipedia should be taken with a grain of salt.

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  @kelvinnkat · 2 years ago

  No <b>discovered</b> language on Earth has the eruption of supervolcano Krakatoa as a spoken sound

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  @katakana1 · 2 years ago

  Dammit, the eruption of Krakatoa is rock-related and is a sound, so it would&apos;ve been perfect for this year&apos;s Cursed Conlang Circus...

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  @flyingduck91 · 2 years ago

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ISGiABailDc&amp;t=64">1:04</a> not until cursed conlang circus 3

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  @tacticalhampster · 2 years ago

  &quot;No language has the eruption of Krakatoa as a sound&quot; <b>takes notes for next Cursed Conlang Circus</b>

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  @amj.composer · 2 years ago

  Wow, it was weirdly validating to have you even say &quot;Indian English&quot; &nbsp;let alone consider it in your research. I feel like it&apos;s always neglected and discarded but it really is a completely legit &quot;dialect&quot; of English with its own quirks and features. Thank you LingoLizard!!

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  @TorrentialSilver_47 · 2 years ago (edited)

  Here is my rendition of /🌋/ in the ipa. Feel free to leave your interpretation below<br><br>/kʰ͡χɑ͜ʊ ʘχe͜i y᷈ɪɚ bʰam ɲia͜ʊʘ/<br><br>Otherwise known as <br><br>Kqhow p͡mq͡hei yooier bham nyɑup͡m<br><br>If you’re watching this channel, i can assume you know how to read everyone of these symbols

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  @ConlangKrishna · 2 years ago

  I was waiting for the &quot;pure&quot; vowels /e/and /o/ that appear in many languages, especially those close to English (French, German, Dutch, Scandinavian, Italian, Portuguese,...). English speakers (except those from India) usually struggle pronouncing them correctly. Probably, they showed up in some dialects...

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  @peterdunlop7691 · 2 years ago

  I’m a Scouser and realise all these rare sounds that don’t appear in many other dialects of English might be one reason why many people don’t understand our accent.

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  @pierreabbat6157 · 2 years ago

  Spanish has a minimal pair between /nj/ and /ɲ/: unión (union) and uñón (big toenail). However, Spanish quinientos (500) is pronounced with /nj/ while Portuguese quinhentos is pronounced with /ɲ/.

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  @justagoosethatsall · 2 months ago

  &quot;unfortunately no spoken language on earth has the eruption of krakatoa as a sound&quot; cursed conlang circus here i come

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  @pawel198812 · 2 years ago (edited)

  I&apos;ve noticed that native English speakers (especially from North America) often struggle to distinguish d from r in languages where the alveolar tap is the primary way to pronounce the rhotic.<br>Edit: They interpret an intervocalic R-sound as a D.

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