Abstract:
Off late research in Language Identification (LID) and Accent Identification (AID) has gained momentum as more and more systems are incorporating language based technolog...Show MoreMetadata
Abstract:
Off late research in Language Identification (LID) and Accent Identification (AID) has gained momentum as more and more systems are incorporating language based technologies. Language and Accent go hand in hand as the latter originates due to the former. This paper brings out the impact of native language on accent in regional Indian Languages and also highlights the extent of the effect of native accent of a speaker on utterances spoken in non native languages. In this study the five regional Indian languages (Bengali, Manipuri, Kashmiri, Urdu and Hindi) were studied. LID and AID techniques using spectral features and Gaussian Mixture Models (GMM) have been employed. Besides, the results of carrying out Language & Accent Identification tasks, it has been importantly found out that the extent of impact of the three native languages on Hindi was different. Kashmiri affected the accent much more than Bengali or Manipuri.
Date of Conference: 25-27 November 2013
Date Added to IEEE Xplore: 11 January 2014
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