R-Less vowel #4

R-Less vowel #4 /ɑː/

This vowel has the same peculiarity that we encountered with /ɔː/. It acts as an r-less vowel and as a regular vowel. But this happens only in English English, in American English it appears before a /ɹ/ sound and in words like "stop". Lets watch the BBC video.

Let's see the Non-Rhotic words then some regular words with the vowel.

Car /kɑː/

Arm /ɑːm/

Park /pɑːk/

R /ɑː/

Smart /smɑːt/

Regular words:

After /ɑːftə/

Answer /ɑːntsə/

Ask /ɑːsk/

Bath /bɑːθ/

American Dialect

Car /kɑɹ/

Arm /ɑɹm/

Park /pɑɹk/

R /ɑɹ/

Smart /smɑɹt/

Regular words american Dialect:

After /æftɚ/, /aftɚ/

Answer /æntsɚ/, /antsɚ/

Ask /æsk/, /ask/

Bath /bæθ/, /baθ/

NOTE: BATH AND TRAP

In English English some words are pronounced with /a/ and some with /ɑː/.

Back is pronounced /bak/ and Father is pronounced /fɑːðə/. For the list of words that are pronounced with /a/ we say they have the TRAP vowel, and for the list of words with /ɑː/ we say they have the BATH vowel.

Some examples:

TRAP: bad, cab, ham, arrow.

BATH: staff, clasp, dance, chance.

In American English they are both /faðɚ/ and /bak/ with the same vowel, they only have the TRAP vowel for these sets words.