Billionaire polyglot’s succession of favorite speech sounds
As a real polyglot and sadly a fake billionaire, here is a description of my favourite/favorite speech sounds from the world’s languages. Presented in homage to HBO’s fabulous series Succession, I explore my favorite/favourite noises from languages as diverse as French, German, Italian, Navajo, Welsh and ancient Hebrew!
0:00. Titles
0:45 French /ʁ/ and nasal vowels
1:04 Difference between /ɑ̃/ and /ɔ̃/
1:25 German consonant clusters
1:35 Italian consonant clusters
1:56 Russian consonant clusters
2:18 Phone call
2:38 Chinese /ɤ/
3:56 Welsh
4:20 Lateral fricative /ɬ/
4:36 Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobyllllantysiliogogogogh
4:59 [ɬ] in North American and southern African languages
5:20 Ancient pronunciation of Hebrew letter Shin
5:27 Shibboleth
5:49 Voiceless apical roll /r̥/
6:36 Press Conference
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Billionaire polyglot’s succession of favorite speech sounds