I've heard final /r/ realized as [ɹ], though. 2017 Newmar Dutch Star RVs For Sale: 8 RVs - Find 2017 Newmar Dutch Star RVs on RV Trader. Notice the arrows under the images of a number of cities where Dutch is spoken? Invite to try out. What do you think about the fragment 1 on here? Elm bark beetles will no longer be deciding your elms’ fate. Wouldn't fragment 2 on this page be an example of [ʀ]? One of the last things your baby would like to do when he or she grows up is having to explain the spelling of the name repeatedly. Please use this up to date list of Dutch name as a reference to name your kid/child.

Mary is a lovely classic name - not overused and certainly in no way out of fashion. I inherited mine from my parents (Limburgs, back in the throat kind of sound) but I live in a different region now and it's the only thing that still stands out in my otherwise more or less generic sounding speech. Hello everybody! Now, I just came by this map on wikipedia.

There has actually been research done on the subject of the pronuncation of the 'R' in the Netherlands. Just keep at it? The Old English cousin to Dutch, thiod or theod, simply meant “people or nation.” (This also helps explain why Germany is called Deutschland in German.) Listen for example to fragment 2 on this page for an example. So, to quickly answer your question, there are undoubtedly people in the northern Netherlands that use [r], though there is so much variation that it is not as simple as saying that the north uses one and the south another. Wow, I've never noticed that, but I studied Dutch in the northeast twenty years ago. -- I am guessing quite far south, or even Belgium? When their baby daughter was born, they decided to call her Mary. **lin⋅guis⋅tics**: the scientific study of human *language* It clearly marks the guttural r as usual in the southern Netherlands and usual in educated speech in the western Netherlands.

And what about the dialect of Amsterdam, such as Johan Cruijf's speech,for example hier at 1:02 in 'iedereen'? Thank you for your support. That was a promise. The result: It turns out that there are countless ways to pronounce the 'R' in Dutch. Certainly Dutch "g" is very guttural, and the contrast with "r" is strong -- the way I pronounce "groot", the point of enunciation moves very quickly from far back in the throat to a nearly frontward "r". We are unable to respond on request for personalized assistance at the moment. This is an automatic reminder to ensure you have familiarized yourself with our sidebar, rules, wiki, and our weekly stickied threads: This week's Q&A thread and Higher Ed Wednesday. Edit: I'm 20 btw, but my grandparents pronounce it the same way :). I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. There is a bit of variation in the pronunciation of the 'r' across the Netherlands; for example, in more southern parts (Brabant, Limburg) the letter is almost exclusively realized as [ʀ]. Interestingly, my "Lonely Planet Dutch" phrasebook listed "r" as "trilled", but then notes: "The distinctive trilled r …

Can anybody shed some light on this? It is commonly spoken in Flanders but has no official status or something comparable.

There may be some surprises! Or at least some uvular consonant. Cookies help us deliver our Services.

Interestingly, I've never actually heard Dutch /r/ realized as anything besides [ɾ]/[r] (in the Netherlands), and as [r] (in Belgium). Click on the arrow to hear how their names are pronounced in Dutch. Interestingly, I've never actually heard Dutch /r/ realized as anything besides [ɾ]/[r] (in the Netherlands), and as [r] (in Belgium). If you want to read more about the different pronunciations of /r/ in Dutch, I'd recommend this paper that /u/Duchadian linked me to. Do you know any good ways to practise getting another 'r'? Now what did the initials spell? An example of a nice and rolling [ʀ], watch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTyd3Y9g3jY (first 10 seconds). Are you sure you heard [r] and not a very clearly rolled [ʀ]? As you can see, it is a very complex topic. Welcome to the Dutch language course. From Wikibooks, open books for an open world, https://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=Dutch&oldid=3447421, Pages using duplicate arguments in template calls.