Phonetic differences between AusEnglish and ArabicEnglish

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ugyen

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I am interested to know the most noticable differences between the AusEnglish accent and the Arabic accent (when English is being spoken), as I notice when hearing some of Arabic friends speak, enunciate some consonants compare to the native AusEnglish speaker??

Are there many distinct differences???

Would love to hear from any Arabic who has first hand experiences, or anyone who woulld like to share and enliten all.

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I am interested to know the most noticable differences between the AusEnglish accent and the Arabic accent (when English is being spoken), as I notice when hearing some of Arabic friends speak, enunciate some consonants compare to the native AusEnglish speaker??

Are there many distinct differences???

Would love to hear from any Arabic who has first hand experiences, or anyone who woulld like to share and enliten all.

Thank you
I have known several students from Arabic countries at University, and none of them have sounded Australian! But others might hear similarities.
However, your question is far too broad. Which sounds are you talking about? You mention consonants, but there's not a lot of difference between the way any English natives say the consonants (except maybe 't').
 

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I have known several students from Arabic countries at University, and none of them have sounded Australian! But others might hear similarities.
However, your question is far too broad. Which sounds are you talking about? You mention consonants, but there's not a lot of difference between the way any English natives say the consonants (except maybe 't').


Yes, however, what about vowels sounds and the way the australain speak? Surely there will be some different between the two speaker on how they produce the words?, no?
 

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Yes, however, what about vowels sounds and the way the australain speak? Surely there will be some different between the two speaker on how they produce the words?, no?
Sorry, I don't understand this new proposition that you're putting.
I agree that there can be differences between the accents of two speakers. I haven't noticed the vowels of Arabic-speakers to be closer to those of Australian speakers than to, say, Americans.
 
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