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Indian English....Single Vowel Sounds Please
note: the words and symbols below refer to the British English sounds.
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are only provided for comparison. Many of the Indian English sounds are quite different! |
| the, letter, calendar, a, madam, nation | ||
| bird, heard, herd, world, were, curl, girl | ||
| beat, seat, sheet, receive, the (before vowels), brief | ||
| bit, kit, mint, hill, hymn | ||
| bet, let, set | ||
| air, where, there, their, they're, hair, care | ||
| bat, cat, hat, add, madam | ||
| but, some, mother, come, other, thorough | ||
| bad, mad, sad, glad, ma'am | ||
| cart, heart, arm, radar | ||
| should, good, would, could, wood | ||
| shoe, to, two, too, you, who, sue, through | ||
| cot, hot, got, on | ||
| caught, bought, all, sport, war, poor, or, raw, roar | ||
A Note Concerning Indian English
Our warmest thanks go to ...
| Speaker | Geographical origin | Date of recording | Approx age |
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Mrs Rajni Singhani |
Udaipur, Rajasthan | Feb 25, 2006 |
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