Australian English Phonology

Mainly, Australian English is distinctive from other varieties of English by his unique pronunciation. Like most dialects of English, is distinguished by its vowel phonology.

The vowel´s sounds of Australian English are divided in:

                     ·Long vowels (include monophthongs and diphthongs;mostly correspond to the tense vowels used in analyses of Received Pronunciation as well as its centring diphthongs ).

                           · Short vowels (which include to others monophthongs)

Australian English Monophthongs

Australian English Dipthongs

 

Moreover, Australian english contain differences in the duration fonematic. Some vowels are differents in their duration.

Consonants sounds are similar to other varieties non- rhotic´s english. In other words, the /r/sound does not appear at the end of a syllable or immediately before a consonant. However, a linking /r/ can occur when a Word that has a final<r> in the spelling comes before another word that starts with a vowel.An intrusive /r/ may similary be inserted before a vowel inwords that do not have <r> in the spelling in certain environments, namely after the long vowel /o:/ and after word final /ə/.