 | This article relies largely or entirely on a single source .(February 2018) |
| Port Talbot English | |
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| Native to | United Kingdom |
| Region | Port Talbot |
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| ISO 639-3 | – |
| Glottolog | None |
Port Talbot English (PTE) is a variety of Welsh English spoken in Port Talbot, generally by the working class. [1]
Consonants in Port Talbot English generally follow those of Received Pronunciation. Some phonological characteristics of consonants specific to PTE include:
| Front | Central | Back | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| unrounded | rounded | |||||
| short | long | short | long | |||
| Close | ɪ | iː | ʊ | uː | ||
| Close-mid | eː | øː | oː | |||
| Open-mid | ɛ | ɛː | ə | |||
| Open | a | aː | ɒ | ɒː | ||
Diphthongs of PTE are /ɪʊ,eɪ,oʊ,ʌɪ,ʌʊ,ɒɪ/. PRICE words are mostly pronounced with /ʌɪ/, but there also exists a marginal /aɪ/ which appears in a small number of words, such as Dai and aye. [9]
PTE, like Welsh dialects such as Abercraf English, has preserved several diphthong–monophthong distinctions that other varieties have not. They include:
The following features apply for only some speakers: [8]
Examples of commonly-used idiomatic phrases in PTE: [12]
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