Talk:Albanian/Alphabet

= Incorrect Equivalent English Sounds =

I do not speak Albanian, but according to the IPA, there are a few examples that are incorrect:

⟨e⟩ in the English word dress is almost always pronounced like [ɛ] as opposed to /e/

⟨h⟩ in the English word huge is often pronounced with the allophone of /h/ in front of high vowels: [ç] a better word to use as an example would be hat

⟨j⟩ in the English word judge is pronounced [d͡ʒ] not [ɟ] and I would personally not call an alveolar affricate close to a palatal plosive

⟨o⟩ in the English word not is pronounced [ɔ] in some dialects, but in others (namely those with the cot-caught merger) it is pronounced [ɑ] and this description may give those people a wrong idea of the pronunciation

The Albanian ⟨q⟩ can sometimes be pronounced [t͡ɕ] from what I can tell, and though that is closer to English cheek (something like [t͡ʃʲijk] in some idiolects), the book should likely say there isn't an equivalent (as it should for ⟨gj⟩)

My final and most egregious example of all is the [ɾ], or the presentation of the Albanian rhotic being equivalent to the English one, which is almost always narrowly transcribed as a [ɹ̠ʷ]

The biggest problem is that not only is this incorrect, but English has the tapped r, meaning the example could be a word like little or kiddie/kitty, where at least in rapid speech, they are pronounced with [ɾ] ([lɪɾʟ̩] and [kɪɾij])

Maizesheep (discuss • contribs) 16:06, 21 June 2024 (UTC)