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Philadelphia English and Pronunciation of English ⟨th⟩

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Difference between Philadelphia English and Pronunciation of English ⟨th⟩

Philadelphia English vs. Pronunciation of English ⟨th⟩

Philadelphia English is a variety or dialect of American English native to Philadelphia and extending into Philadelphia's metropolitan area throughout the Delaware Valley and South Jersey, including Atlantic City and Wilmington, Delaware. In English, the digraph th represents in most cases one of two different phonemes: the voiced dental fricative (as in this) and the voiceless dental fricative (thing).

Similarities between Philadelphia English and Pronunciation of English ⟨th⟩

Philadelphia English and Pronunciation of English ⟨th⟩ have 8 things in common (in Unionpedia): African-American Vernacular English, American English, Boston accent, Consonant cluster, English-language vowel changes before historic /r/, Lenition, New York City English, Rhoticity in English.

African-American Vernacular English

African-American Vernacular English (AAVE), known less precisely as Black Vernacular, Black English Vernacular (BEV), Black Vernacular English (BVE), or colloquially Ebonics (a controversial term), is the variety (dialect, ethnolect and sociolect) of English natively spoken by most working- and middle-class African Americans and some Black Canadians, particularly in urban communities.

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American English

American English (AmE, AE, AmEng, USEng, en-US), sometimes called United States English or U.S. English, is the set of varieties of the English language native to the United States.

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Boston accent

The Boston accent is the local accent of Eastern New England English spoken specifically in the city of Boston, its suburbs, and much of eastern Massachusetts.

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Consonant cluster

In linguistics, a consonant cluster, consonant sequence or consonant compound is a group of consonants which have no intervening vowel.

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English-language vowel changes before historic /r/

In English, many vowel shifts only affect vowels followed by in rhotic dialects, or vowels that were historically followed by an that has since been elided in non-rhotic dialects.

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Lenition

In linguistics, lenition is a kind of sound change that alters consonants, making them more sonorous.

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New York City English

New York City English, or Metropolitan New York English, is a regional dialect of American English spoken by many people in New York City and much of its surrounding metropolitan area.

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Rhoticity in English

Rhoticity in English refers to English speakers' pronunciation of the historical rhotic consonant, and is one of the most prominent distinctions by which varieties of English can be classified.

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Philadelphia English and Pronunciation of English ⟨th⟩ Comparison

Philadelphia English has 116 relations, while Pronunciation of English ⟨th⟩ has 112. As they have in common 8, the Jaccard index is 3.51% = 8 / (116 + 112).

References

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