Talk:English Phonetics

Questions about the L
The English Phonetic System has two "L", the normal one or alveolar lateral approximant [l] and the "Dark L" or velarized alveolar lateral approximant [ɫ]. I want to know if the Vocaloid phonemes match correctly with their respective phoneme. The chart actually says that the [l] is used at the end of the words, so in theory that should be the Dark L, meanwhile the [l0] phoneme is used at the beginning of the words, so this should be the Normal L.

I have the feeling that both phonemes are swapped, the [l] should be the normal L and the [l0] should be the dark L.

Also I want to know if the, I've heard that one of the L phonemes can't be used alone or without a vowel, meanwhile the other one can. If the [l0] is the one that can be used alone this should confirm this one is the dark L. Generally the consonants like the L or the nasal consonants are lengthen at the end of the words.

I hope that a native english speaker can help me to confirm this Adept-eX 21:17, October 13, 2011 (UTC)