Chapter 11 - Linguistic Phonetics

The material in these pages will help you review many of the sounds that have been described in previous chapters. It consists of real words in different languages. Compare your pronunciation of these words with that of the speakers here. Try to pronounce the words on the basis of the transcriptions given and then listen to the recording. A fuller description of the aims of each exercise is given at the end of chapter 11 in A Course in Phonetics

Performance Exercises

Example A Navajo

Example B Zulu clicks

Example C Burmese

Example D Greek

Example E Ewe

Example F Zulu laterals

Example G French, French semivowels

Example H German

Example I Swedish

Example J Vietnamese