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Differences between New Zealand and Australian English

Explore the distinct aspects of New Zealand English compared to Australian English, including front vowel raising, kit centring, monophthonging, consonant differences, and more. Discover the unique linguistic features of New Zealand English.

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Differences between New Zealand and Australian English

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  1. New Zealand Indistinguishable from Australian to British and Americans; and many Australians hear it as simply another type of Aus.

  2. New ZealandDifferences from Australian English

  3. Front Vowel Raising:KIT Raising NZ: KIT Centring

  4. New ZealandDifferences from Australian English • HappY is fully tensed.

  5. New ZealandDifferences from Australian English • Other vowels: • Front vowel raising easier, since i has gone; DRESS is more clearly [í].

  6. New ZealandDifferences from Australian English • Other vowels: • NURSE is rounded and forwarded to ø: ø œ E

  7. New ZealandDifferences from Australian English • Other vowels: • NEAR & SQUARE Monophthonging: (NB raised first mora.) • Tendency towards NEAR-SQUARE Merger

  8. New ZealandDifferences from Australian English Consonants: • Occasional retention of w (no GCR) wail-whale: weil-Weil. • Reportedly a small rhotic area in the South, Scottish settlement. • L-vocalisation reported by Hawkins, Wells 609°. !!!!!!! o

  9. New ZealandDifferences from Australian English • Dark ∑ blocks GOOSE and GOAT Fronting: tool tU∑, goal gou∑.

  10. GOOSE and GOAT Fronting GOAT

  11. GOOSE and GOAT Fronting GOOSE

  12. New ZealandDifferences from Australian English

  13. New ZealandDifferences from Australian English

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