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2. Pronunciation respelling for English - Wikipedia

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   Pronunciation respelling systems for English have been developed primarily for use in dictionaries. They are used there because it is not possible to predict with certainty the sound of a written English word from its spelling or the spelling of a spoken English word from its sound. So readers looking up an unfamiliar word in a dictionary may ...

3. American and British English pronunciation differences

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   Multiple differences. Older Americans may use the British pronunciation, and some British dialects use the American pronunciation. BrE approximates more to French [aʒaksjo]; AmE reflects the word's Italian origin [aˈjattʃo] . The original Portuguese pronunciation is [alˈɣaɾvɨ] .

4. Help:IPA/English - Wikipedia

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   For an introductory guide on IPA symbols, see Help:IPA. For the distinction between [ ], / / and , see IPA § Brackets and transcription delimiters. Throughout Wikipedia, the pronunciation of words is indicated using the International Phonetic Alphabet ( IPA ). The following tables list the IPA symbols used for English words and pronunciations.

5. Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Pronunciation - Wikipedia

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   See also: Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Lead section § Pronunciation. Normally, pronunciation is given only for the subject of the article in its lead section. For foreign words and names, use the pronunciation key for the appropriate language. If a common English rendering of the foreign name exists ( Venice, Nikita Khrushchev ), its ...

6. English language - Wikipedia

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   English is a West Germanic language in the Indo-European language family, whose speakers, called Anglophones, originated in early medieval England. [4] [5] [6] The namesake of the language is the Angles, one of the ancient Germanic peoples that migrated to the island of Great Britain.

7. Non-native pronunciations of English - Wikipedia

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   Overview. Non-native English speakers may pronounce words differently due to not having fully mastered English pronunciation. This can happen either because they apply the speech rules of their mother tongue to English ("interference") or through implementing strategies similar to those used in first language acquisition. [1]