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Formant Frequency Analysis of MSA Vowels in Six Algerian Regions

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Speech and Computer (SPECOM 2020)

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The paper deals with a formant analysis of short vowels in Modern Standard Arabic (MSA) language. The investigation aims to highlight similarities and differences in vowel quality in MSA. The vowels (/a/, /u/and /i/) were exracted from 565 speech files recorded by 163 Algerians that were belonging to six regions. Three formants (F1, F2 and F3) were computed from the data set of all the regions. Statistical analyses were conducted on formant values to show the variability depending on the regional accent and the gender of speakers. The outcomes indicate a significant effect of regional accent and gender of speakers in specific vowels.

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  1. Centre for Scientific and Technical Research on Arabic Language Development (CRSTDLA), Algiers, Algeria

    Ghania Droua-Hamdani

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  1. St. Petersburg Institute for Informatics and Automation, Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, Russia

    Alexey Karpov

  2. Institute for Applied and Mathematical Linguistics, Moscow State Linguistic University, Moscow, Russia

    Rodmonga Potapova

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Droua-Hamdani, G. (2020). Formant Frequency Analysis of MSA Vowels in Six Algerian Regions. In: Karpov, A., Potapova, R. (eds) Speech and Computer. SPECOM 2020. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 12335. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-60276-5_13

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