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Australian English phonology and Fortis and lenis

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Difference between Australian English phonology and Fortis and lenis

Australian English phonology vs. Fortis and lenis

Australian English (AuE) is a non-rhotic variety of English spoken by most native-born Australians. In linguistics, fortis and lenis (Latin for "strong" and "weak"), sometimes identified with '''tense''' and '''lax''', are pronunciations of consonants with relatively greater and lesser energy.

Similarities between Australian English phonology and Fortis and lenis

Australian English phonology and Fortis and lenis have 4 things in common (in Unionpedia): Alveolar consonant, Consonant, English language, Flapping.

Alveolar consonant

Alveolar consonants are articulated with the tongue against or close to the superior alveolar ridge, which is called that because it contains the alveoli (the sockets) of the superior teeth.

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Consonant

In articulatory phonetics, a consonant is a speech sound that is articulated with complete or partial closure of the vocal tract.

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English language

English is a West Germanic language that was first spoken in early medieval England and is now a global lingua franca.

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Flapping

Flapping or tapping, also known as alveolar flapping, intervocalic flapping, or t-voicing, is a phonological process found in many dialects of English, especially North American English, Australian English and New Zealand English, by which the consonants and sometimes also may be pronounced as a voiced flap in certain positions, particularly between vowels (intervocalic position).

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Australian English phonology and Fortis and lenis Comparison

Australian English phonology has 69 relations, while Fortis and lenis has 49. As they have in common 4, the Jaccard index is 3.39% = 4 / (69 + 49).

References

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