Dialects
Places of Articulation
Regional Dialect Areas
What's the name?
What's that sound?
100
Americans have them but the English do not.
What is a flap? or tap?
100
Your lips touch when making these sounds.
What are bilabials?
100
Iowa
What is North Central?
100
[æ]
What is 'ash'?
100
voiceless velar stop
What is [k]?
200
It's when neighboring dialects understand each other.
What is a dialect continuum?
200
The tongue hits this when saying [n].
What is the alveolar ridge?
200
Mississippi
What is Southern?
200
[n] + tail
What is 'angma'?
200
high front lax unrounded vowel
What is [I]
300
The reason Serbo-Croatian is now Serbian and Croatian.
What is a political decision?
300
This is lowered when saying a nasal.
What is the velum?
300
Rhode Island
What is New England?
300
[∂]
What is 'schwa'?
300
voiced labiodental fricative
What is [v]?
400
The reason the people on the other side of the mountain don't understand us.
What is a (geographical) barrier?
400
Along with a glottal stop, this sound is also produced in the glottis.
What is [h]?
400
New Jersey
What is Middle Atlantic?
400
[j]
What is 'yod'?
400
mid front tense + high front lax
What is [eI]?
500
The most common linguistic difference between dialects.
What are phonetic differences?
500
[w]
What is labio-velar?
500
West Virginia
What is Southern Mountain?
500
[∑]
What is 'epsilon'?
500
voiced labio-velar approximant
What is [w]?
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