Australian English (AusE, AuE, AusEng, en-AU) is a major variety of theEnglish language and is used throughout AustraliaAustralian English is Australia's official language and is the first language of the majority of the population.
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Australian English (AusE, AuE, AusEng, en-AU) is a major variety of theEnglish
language and is used throughout Australia Australian English is Australia's official language
and is the first language of the majority of the population.
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Most linguists (scientists who study language) split Australian
English up into three main kinds. These are Broad,
General, and Cultivated Australian English. Broad Australian English sounds very strongly Australian, when compared to other kinds of English. General Australian English is the middle ground. It is used by most Australians, and can be heard in Australian-made films and television programs. Cultivated Australian English is close to British English.
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Australian English is non-rhotic; in other words, the /r/ sound does
not appear at the end of a syllable or
immediately before a consonant. In Australian English the /r/ sound can only occur before a vowel. Many words which sound different in other accents sound the same in Australian English. Some examples are: caught and court raw and roar aunt and aren't formally and formerly But on the whole the consonants are approximately the same.
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Yod-coalescence is a process that changes the clusters
[dj], [tj], [sj] and [zj] into [dʒ], [tʃ], [ʃ]
and [ʒ] respectively:
educate → /’ɛdʒu:keɪt/ nature → /’neɪtʃər/ measure → /’mɛʒər/ pressure → /’prɛʃər/ Yod-coalescence in stressed syllables occurs in Australian, Cockney, and New Zealand English resulting in : dew → /’dʒu:/ tune → /’tʃu:n/ resume → /rə’ʒu:m/ assume → /ə’ʃu:m/
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Some Australian English vowels sound different to vowels
of other kinds of English. For example, the vowel
in day starts with a very open mouth. This makes the Australian day sound close to the die of most British or American people. Days of the week, however, are often different and the day sounds like dee (usually short and sharp like the letter D). Sunday becomes Sun-dee Monday - Mun-dee Tuesday - Choose-dee Wednesday - Wens-dee Thursday - Thurs-dee Friday - Fri-dee Saturday - Satta-dee/Sadda-dee or even shorter Sat-dee/Sad-dee Vowels in Australian English are more front, closer and diphthongized.
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The famous Australian greeting, for example, is G'day!. A
native forest is called the bush and central Australia is called
the outback. Many words were brought to Australia from Britain and Ireland. For example, mate meaning "friend" which is still used in Britain.
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A few words have come from Australian Aboriginal languages. These
are mainly names for animals, plants and places. Some