Rhotic and non-rhotic accents

English pronunciation is divided into two main accent groups, the rhotic and the non-rhotic, depending on when the phoneme {{IPA|}} (the letter "r", equivalent to Greek rho) is pronounced. Rhotic speakers pronounce written "r" in all positions (although many educated rhotic speakers omit it in French loan words where "r" is silent, such dossier). Non-rhotic speakers pronounce "r" only if it is followed by a vowel (see "linking R"). In linguistic terms, non-rhotic accents are said to exclude in the syllable coda. This is commonly referred to as postvocalic R, although that term can be misleading because not all R's that occur after vowels are excluded in non-rhotic English.

Related Topics:
English - Accent - [? - Greek - Rho - French - Vowel - Linking R - Linguistic - Syllable coda

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