He Phonetic language Is one that adheres to its rules of pronunciation. It is considered phonetic if the pronunciation (phonemes) is correlated with the written form (graphemes).
English is not a phonetic language because of how words tend to pronounce so strangely. For example, the word"Oedipus"is pronounced"ee-di-puss"instead of"o-e-d-puss".
In the European Union today, 4 languages are offered in the school: English, Spanish, German and French. Spanish is perhaps the most phonetic of them.
It is labeled"easy language"and students in France or Germany have a tendency to study Spanish as a second foreign language, since most words sound as they are written.
The International Phonetic Alphabet
The military and the aviation industry use an English phonetic alphabet that has many other uses, such as identifying time zones.
The International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) is one of the most popular and well-known phonetic alphabets. Originally it was created by teachers of English language, with later efforts of experts in phonetics and European linguists.
The International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)
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It has changed from its previous intention like tool of the pedagogy of the foreign language to a practical alphabet of linguists. It is currently becoming the most widely seen alphabet in the field of phonetics.
In the English alphabet the letters represent sounds. In the Chinese alphabet, however, their symbols represent ideas rather than sounds.
But even in English, a letter does not always represent the same sound; The"a"in cat, dad (father) and mate (companion), for example, represents three different sounds.
Because of this, books about words often use specially created phonetic alphabets in which each symbol represents a single sound to represent pronunciations.
Phonetic spelling
Phonetic spelling is the representation of vocal sounds that express pronunciations of words. It is a spelling system in which each letter invariably represents the same spoken sound.
Some schools may use phonetic pronunciations to help children learn the spelling of difficult words, for example, Wednesday = Wed Nes Day (Wednesday in English).
Phonetic spelling is an alteration of ordinary spelling that best represents spoken language, which uses only characters from the regular alphabet and is used in a context of conventional spelling.
A phonetic spelling is a writing system where there is a one-to-one relationship between graphemes (the written form) and phonemes (the spoken form).
Phonetic transcription
An approximate pronunciation is given using the Spanish alphabet and then the pronunciation according to the International Phonetic Alphabet
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Phonetic transcription is the visual representation of speech sounds. The most common type of phonetic transcription uses a phonetic alphabet, such as the international phonetic alphabet
The pronunciation of words in many languages, unlike their written form (orthography), has undergone a significant change over time.
Pronunciation can also vary widely among the dialects of a language. The standard spelling in some languages is often irregular, and makes predicting spelling difficult.
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