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Many of my  Spanish, Arabic, French and even a few of my Indian language accent reduction coaching clients have problems pronouncing the /dʒ/ sound.   The /dʒ/ is an affricate sound. That means it’s a STOP sound + a FRICTION sound. Click on Manner and Affricate to see how the sound is pronounced here on the University of

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Here are a list of words with /n/ & /l/ that are often difficult for Chinese (Cantonese) speakers to pronounce. involve lesson influential control conclusion personal Remember that /n/ is a nasal sound. The /l/ is a liquid sound. You can see the articulation of both sounds here- University of Iowa Phonetics To read related

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