Australian English phonology

Australian English (AuE) is a non-rhotic variety of English spoken by most native-born Australians. Phonologically, it is one of the most regionally homogeneous language varieties in the world. As with most dialects of English, it is distinguished primarily by its vowel phonology.

Vowels

Monophthongs

	Front		Central		Back
	short	long	short	long	short	long
Close	ɪ	iː	ɨ	ʉː	ʊ	oː
Mid	e	eː	ə	ɜː	ɔ	ɔː
Open	æ	ɛː	ɐ	ɐː	ɒ	ɑː

Consonants

Australian English consonants are similar to those of other non-rhotic varieties of English. A table containing the consonant phonemes is given below.

Australian English consonant phonemes

		Labial	Dental	Alveolar	Post- alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Nasal		m		n		ɲ	ŋ
Plosive	fortis	p		t		c	k	ʔ
	lenis	b		d		ɟ	ɡ
Affricate	fortis				tʃ
	lenis				dʒ
Fricative	fortis	f	θ	s	ʃ	ç	x	h
	lenis	v	ð	z	ʒ	ʝ	ɣ
Approximant	central	ʋ		ɹ		j	w
	lateral			l		ʎ	ʟ

External links

• Australian English phonology