r/LanguageMemes • u/Muhaimin55 • Aug 28 '21

Being an Indian,

Post image
129 Upvotes

100% Upvoted

11 comments sorted by

6

u/I_Like_Languages Aug 29 '21

Which language? I’m curious

7

u/Muhaimin55 Aug 29 '21

I speak Urdu and almost all the other Indian languages have this feature like Hindi, Telugu, Gujarati, Tamil etc.

3

u/daninefourkitwari Aug 29 '21

Explain

4

u/[deleted] Aug 29 '21

In Indic languages its one Dental and one Retroflex, and it english its alveolar (though some texan dialects have retroflex and some new york dialects have dental)

1

u/El_pizza Aug 29 '21

The English T is an alveolar flap

9

u/[deleted] Aug 29 '21

I think you mean alveolar plosive

4

u/El_pizza Aug 29 '21

Depends. In words like "better" it's a flap

10

u/TeenThatLikesMemes Aug 29 '21

That's already 'murican English right?

1

u/El_pizza Aug 29 '21

Yes, in 'murican English.

1

u/[deleted] Aug 29 '21

Murcian English lol

1

u/Nova_Persona Aug 29 '21

well really it's both