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HMFindlay Posted 20 years ago
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0Is English a Phonetic Language or not? I thought its not until a tutor told the whole class it was indeed a phonetic language. Who is correct? 050010id7
  

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0I did a quick search on the web, and it seems that a phonetic language is one whose written symbols have a close relationship with the way those symbols are pronounced. If that is true, then I wouldn't say that English is a phonetic language... 02br 02br 00Of course, this is only my opinion, and I'm not a linguist 050010id1

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  • 0I did a quick search on the web, and it seems that a phonetic language is one whose written symbols have a close relationship with the way those symbols are pronounced.
  • If that is true, then I wouldn't say that English is a phonetic language...
  • 02br 02br 00Of course, this is only my opinion, and I'm not a linguist 050010id1
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0I did a quick search on the web, and it seems that a phonetic language is one whose written symbols have a close relationship with the way those symbols are pronounced. If that is true, then I wouldn't say that English is a phonetic language... There are so many ways in which a letter or a combination of letters can be pronounced...02br
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0 Yea i agree with you! A phonetic is where the sound of a word is identical or logically close to the way of the word being spelt and pronounced. 0-
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0And this is not 01b00really02b00the case in English! Well, better wait for other opinions... 050010id1
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0 If the term 01u00phonetic language02u00 is being used in contrast to languages which use ideograms for writing, then English is indeed a phonetic language. The writing system of English (unlike Chinese, for example) is based on the sounds of words, not on their meanings.02br
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