Bengali and Spanish vowels: a comparative analysis

Bengali and Spanish differ in their vowel systems. Bengalí has seven vowels /i, e, ɛ, a, ɔ, o, u/ and Spanish has five vowels: /i, e, a, o, u/. This study compared the acoustic characteristics of Bengali and Spanish oral vowels. F1 and F2 data were collected from speech samples using Praat software....

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Main Author: Chowdhury, Abdullah Rafique-um-Munir (author)
Other Authors: Hossain, Md Imran (author)
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description Bengali and Spanish differ in their vowel systems. Bengalí has seven vowels /i, e, ɛ, a, ɔ, o, u/ and Spanish has five vowels: /i, e, a, o, u/. This study compared the acoustic characteristics of Bengali and Spanish oral vowels. F1 and F2 data were collected from speech samples using Praat software. Results showed that Spanish vowels' space was smaller than Bengali. Some realizations of Spanish /i/, /o/ and /a/ were similar to Bengali /e/, /u/ and /ɛ/ respectively. Moreover, open allophones of Spanish /e/ and /o/ —[ɛ] and [ɔ] respectively— have potential to be perceived as Bengali /ɛ/ and /ɔ/ phonemes. In conclusion, this comparison of the vowel systems suggest that Bengali speakers would tend to convert the penta-vocalic system of Spanish into a hepta-vocalic system due to similarities in acoustic realizations; they may use open [ɛ] and [ɔ] as frequent allophones of Spanish /a/ and /o/ respectively.
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spelling Bengali and Spanish vowels: a comparative analysisChowdhury, Abdullah Rafique-um-MunirHossain, Md ImranBengali vowelsSpanish vowelsPhoneticsBengali and Spanish differ in their vowel systems. Bengalí has seven vowels /i, e, ɛ, a, ɔ, o, u/ and Spanish has five vowels: /i, e, a, o, u/. This study compared the acoustic characteristics of Bengali and Spanish oral vowels. F1 and F2 data were collected from speech samples using Praat software. Results showed that Spanish vowels' space was smaller than Bengali. Some realizations of Spanish /i/, /o/ and /a/ were similar to Bengali /e/, /u/ and /ɛ/ respectively. Moreover, open allophones of Spanish /e/ and /o/ —[ɛ] and [ɔ] respectively— have potential to be perceived as Bengali /ɛ/ and /ɔ/ phonemes. In conclusion, this comparison of the vowel systems suggest that Bengali speakers would tend to convert the penta-vocalic system of Spanish into a hepta-vocalic system due to similarities in acoustic realizations; they may use open [ɛ] and [ɔ] as frequent allophones of Spanish /a/ and /o/ respectively.Dhaka University2023-12-19T19:42:51Z2023-12-19T19:42:51Z2020info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/10895/4563reponame:LIBERIinstname:Universidad Católica del Uruguayinstacron:Universidad Católica del UruguaybenJournal of the Institute of Modern Languages, 31, 141-153info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessLicencia Creative Commons Atribución – No Comercial – Sin Derivadas (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0)oai:liberi.ucu.edu.uy:10895/45632026-06-16T06:50:21Z
spellingShingle Bengali and Spanish vowels: a comparative analysis
Chowdhury, Abdullah Rafique-um-Munir
Bengali vowels
Spanish vowels
Phonetics
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title Bengali and Spanish vowels: a comparative analysis
title_full Bengali and Spanish vowels: a comparative analysis
title_fullStr Bengali and Spanish vowels: a comparative analysis
title_full_unstemmed Bengali and Spanish vowels: a comparative analysis
title_short Bengali and Spanish vowels: a comparative analysis
title_sort Bengali and Spanish vowels: a comparative analysis
topic Bengali vowels
Spanish vowels
Phonetics
url https://hdl.handle.net/10895/4563