EEN 540 Project 1 – English Phoneme Database All Audio: http://connorakio.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/ConnorMcCullough.mp3 Project Report Project 1 – The Acoustic Features of Speech Sounds Phonemes Vowels: Front: /i/ ‘eve’ /I/ ‘it’ /e/ ‘hate’ /@/ ‘at’ /E/ ‘met’ Center: /R/ ‘bird’ /A/ ‘up’ Back: /a/ ‘father’ /c/ ‘all’ /o/ ‘obey’ /U/ ‘foot’ /u/ ‘boot’ Diphthong: /aI/ ‘hide’ /aU/ ‘out’ /O/ ‘boy’ /JU/ ‘new’ Semi-Vowels: Liquid: /r/ ‘read’ /l/ ‘let’ Glides: /w/ ‘we’ /y/ ‘you’ Consonants: Nasals: /m/ ‘me’ /n/ ‘no’ /G/ ‘sing’ Whisper: /h/ ‘he’ Fricatives: Voiced: /v/ ‘vote’ /D/ ‘then’ /z/ ‘zoo’ /Z/ ‘azure’ Unvoiced: /f/ ‘for’ /T/ ‘thin’ /s/ ‘see’ /S/ ‘she’ Plosives: Voiced: /b/ ‘be’ /d/ ‘day’ /g/ ‘go’ Unvoiced: /p/ ‘pay’ /t/ ‘to’ /k/ ‘key’ Affricatives: Voiced: /J/ ‘just’ Unvoiced: /tS/ ‘chew/