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English pronunciation
History and description of
Historical stages
Old English Middle English
General development
In Old English In Scots
Development of vowels
A Close back Close front Diphthongs Great Vowel Shift Open back Pre-L Pre-R
Development of consonants
Single consonants Clusters
Variable features
Cot–caught merger Drawl Flapping H-dropping L-vocalization NG R Rhoticity T-glottalization TH WH
Related topics
History of English Spelling
v t e

This article contains phonetic transcriptions in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). For an introductory guide on IPA symbols, see Help:IPA. For the distinction between [ ], / / and ⟨ ⟩, see IPA § Brackets and transcription delimiters.

The pronunciation of the phoneme /r/ in the English language has many variations in different dialects.