English language Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! === Non-native varieties === {{Main|Non-native pronunciations of English}} {| style="text-align: center; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" | {{listen|filename=Non-native English reading by Spanish native speaker 001.ogg|title=Speech example|description=An example of a [[Hispanophone]] man speaking English.|image=none}} | {{listen|filename=Japan PM Shinzo Abe addressing US Congress 2015.ogg|title=Speech example|description=An example of a Japanese man speaking English ([[Shinzo Abe]]).|help=no|image=none}} | {{listen|filename=Werner Herzog BBC Radio4 Start the Week 26 March 2012 b01dtjcj.flac|title=Speech example|description=An example of a German man speaking English ([[Werner Herzog]]).|help=no|image=none}} |} [[English as a second or foreign language|Non-native English speakers]] may pronounce words differently due to having not fully mastered [[English phonology|English pronunciation]]. This can happen either because they apply the [[Phonology|speech rules]] of their mother tongue to English ("interference") or through implementing strategies similar to those used in [[first language acquisition]].<ref name="ReferenceA">MacDonald, Marguerite (1989), "The influence of Spanish phonology on the English spoken by United States Hispanics", in Bjarkman, Peter; Hammond, Robert (eds.), American Spanish pronunciation: Theoretical and applied perspectives, Washington, D.C.: Georgetown University Press, {{ISBN|9780878400997}} p. 224</ref> They may create innovative pronunciations for English sounds, not found in the speaker's first language.<ref name="ReferenceA"/> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page