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Kōrero: Speech and accent

Ngā whakaahua, ngā rauemi katoa

Mai i te whārangi 1 - Early New Zealand speech

New Zild and how to speak it

New Zild and how to speak it

Samuel McBurney

Samuel McBurney

Pronunciation critics

Pronunciation critics (1 o 2)

The colonial twang

The colonial twang (2 o 2)

Mobile Disc Recording Unit

Mobile Disc Recording Unit

Changing New Zealand speech

Changing New Zealand speech

Mai i te whārangi 2 - Explanations of New Zealand speech

Arnold Wall

New Zealand immigrants from England by county, 1840–52

New Zealand immigrants from England by county, 1840–52

St Joseph's School, Paeroa, 1900

St Joseph's School, Paeroa, 1900

Mai i te whārangi 3 - Features of the New Zealand accent

Vowel phonemes of New Zealand English

Vowel phonemes of New Zealand English (1 o 3)

Diphthongs in New Zealand English

Diphthongs in New Zealand English (2 o 3)

Consonant phonemes of New Zealand English

Consonant phonemes of New Zealand English (3 o 3)

Fush & chups

Lynn of Tawa meets Elton John, 1980

Lynn of Tawa meets Elton John, 1980

Changing vowel

Mai i te whārangi 4 - Sound changes in speech

Colture and scolpture

Colture and scolpture

Bottle of bear

Mai i te whārangi 5 - Variation within New Zealand English

Social class variation

Social class variation

The Southland 'rolling R'

The Southland 'rolling R'

Māori English

Me pēnei te tohu i te whārangi:

Elizabeth Gordon, 'Ngā whakaahua, ngā rauemi katoa', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/mi/speech-and-accent/media (accessed 30 May 2023)

He kōrero nā Elizabeth Gordon, i tāngia i te 5 Sep 2013