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===Pronunciation=== *Malaysian English is generally [[rhotic and non-rhotic accents|non-rhotic]]. *Malaysian English has a broad [[Voiceless alveolar fricative|''s'']]{{Explain|date=April 2019}}, and words like "cab" and "tab" have {{IPA|/ɛ/}}, rather than {{IPA|/æ/}}. *The {{IPA|/t/}} in words like "butter" is usually not [[intervocalic alveolar flapping|flapped]] (unlike in American English) or realised as a [[glottal stop]] (unlike in many forms of British English, including Cockney). *There is no [[phonological history of English fricatives#''H''-dropping|''h''-dropping]] in words like ''head''. *Malaysian English does not have [[phonological history of English consonant clusters|English consonant-cluster reductions]] after {{IPA|/n/}}, {{IPA|/t/}}, and {{IPA|/d/}}. For example, "new", "tune" and "dune" are pronounced {{IPA|/ˈnjuː/}}, {{IPA|/ˈtjuːn/}}, and {{IPA|/ˈdjuːn/}}. That contrasts with many varieties from [[East Anglia]] and the [[East Midlands]] of British English and with most forms of American English. *The 'th' fricatives (θ and ð) are pronounced as stops: [t] for [θ] and [d] for [ð]. *The 'l' is generally clear. *The diphthongs are monophthongised: 'ow' ([əʊ] or [oʊ]) becomes [o] and 'ay' ([eɪ]) becomes [e]. *The 'd' at the end of the word is usually dropped. For example, "cold", "hold" and "world" are pronounced as {{IPA|/kəʊl/}} ({{IPA|/koʊl/}}), {{IPA|/həʊl/}} ({{IPA|/hoʊl/}}) and {{IPA|/wəːl/}}. *The [[vowel length|long and short vowels]] tend to have the same length (for example, "beat" and "bit" are homophones in Malaysian English).{{sfnp|Azirah Hashim|Tan|2012|pp=57–59}}
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