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| brandon Tetraglot Groupie United States Joined 7133 days ago 54 posts - 55 votes  Speaks: English*, German, Spanish, French Studies: Dutch, Swedish, Italian | Message 1 of 2 03 October 2005 at 12:52pm | IP Logged |
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Hello,
How is the Dutch 'r' pronounced? I think I've heard it as a "trilled" r (as in Spanish) and also pronounced more in the throat (more like German). I know in words such as 'naar' and 'maar' it's similar to an English 'r'. How does the 'r' differ depending on dialect? Flemish vs standard Dutch, South-Netherlands Dutch vs Amsterdam Dutch. Thanks! 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Bart Triglot Senior Member Belgium Joined 7246 days ago 155 posts - 159 votes Speaks: Dutch*, French, English Studies: German, Spanish, Japanese, Swedish | Message 2 of 2 03 October 2005 at 2:39pm | IP Logged |
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Except for the guttural sounds, the r sounds are the biggest difference between Flemish (as in: Dutch spoken in Belgium) and Dutch (as spoken in The Netherlands)
In my opinion the r sounds in Dutch are generally speaking quite like those in English, while the Flemish r's are most of the time either "trilled" (a rolling r as we call it, I speak this way) or pronounced more in the throat (as you said). I'll try and get hold of a microphone ASAP to upload a sound file to illustrate this, and then maybe a fellow forum member from The Netherlands can try and do the same. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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