Aufteilung in rhotische und nicht-rhotische Mundarten: In letzteren verstummte das /r/ am Silbenende, wobei neue Diphthonge wie /ɛə/ (square), /ɪə/ (near), /ɔə/ (cord), /oə/ (sore), /ʊə/ (cure) sowie das sehr seltene Phonem /ɜː/ (nurse) entstanden.
Split into rhotic and non-rhotic accents: syllable-final /ɹ/ is lost in the English of England, producing new centering diphthongs /ɛə/ (square), /ɪə/ (near), /ɔə/ (cord), /oə/ (sore), /ʊə/ (cure), and the highly unusual phoneme /ɜː/ (nurse).WikiMatrix WikiMatrix