Alveolar trill (rolled R) in your nation

[Estado Novo Portugues]

For those who do not know, an alveolar trill is the "rrrrr" sound made by vibrating the tongue at the front of the mouth. It exists in many languages including Italian, Spanish, Russian, Arabic and of course European Portuguese.

What is your nation's official language (or primary language if there are more than one)? European Portuguese

Is the rolled R a standard pronunciation in that language? Yes. All Portuguese are expected to learn and be able to pronounce the rolled R sound by the age of 10. It is a sign of education and literacy.

When is an alveolar trill used? What are examples of words with a rolled R sound? The letter R must be pronounced with a trill in these cases:

• At the beginning of a word. Example: rio
• After the letters {l n s}. Example: honrar
• When there are 2 of them together. Example: ferro

R can also be trilled at the end of a word for emphasis, but this is optional. Example: falar

What do people think of someone who cannot roll the R? Because the alveolar trill is part of the standard repertoire of sounds, not being able to roll the R is considered a serious speech defect. Those who cannot do it are considered illiterate, and are frequently teased and ostracised. They may even have difficulty finding work. Think of an English speaker pronouncing rabbit like "wabbit".

Is speech therapy mandatory for people who cannot pronounce this sound? If someone still cannot roll the R after the age of 10, he or she will be given mandatory speech therapy to attempt to correct this speech defect. It may not be very enjoyable, but most of the time it will save the person from lots of humiliation later in life.

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[b]What is your nation's official language (or primary language if there are more than one)?[/b]

[b]Is the rolled R a standard pronunciation in that language?[/b]

[b]When is an alveolar trill used? What are examples of words with a rolled R sound?[/b]

[b]What do people think of someone who cannot roll the R?[/b]

[b]Is speech therapy mandatory for people who cannot pronounce this sound?[/b]

[Kaifunasia]

What is your nation's official language (or primary language if there are more than one)? Official languages are English and Spanish. Yakusan is the national language, and there are various regional dialects.

Is the rolled R a standard pronunciation in that language? English no. Spanish and Yakusan yes.

When is an alveolar trill used? What are examples of words with a rolled R sound? Whenever there is an consonant "r" i.e.

Erre con erre cigarro, erre con erre barril, rapido corren los carros, cargados de azucar al ferrocarril.

What do people think of someone who cannot roll the R? Nothing much - some people can do it, others cannot.

Is speech therapy mandatory for people who cannot pronounce this sound? No.

[Spaceman Spliff]

What is your nation's official language (or primary language if there are more than one)? Interstellar English

Is the rolled R a standard pronunciation in that language? No.

When is an alveolar trill used? What are examples of words with a rolled R sound? Only in some dialects do words like "kerro" (Aspenan English for "wall") have this phoneme. Graphically it is identified with <r(r)> and descends from geminate rhotic taps or rhotacism of other consonants, conditioned by placement in stressed or unstressed syllables to trill or tap, in other languages.

What do people think of someone who cannot roll the R? They must not speak a language with it as L1.

Is speech therapy mandatory for people who cannot pronounce this sound? No.

[Auzkhia]

It occurs in many languages that we speak like Hungarian, Romanian, and Slovak etc.

Some dialects of German have it, especially in certain words like Schmarr'n.

[Hyggemata]

We will never stand to suffer this form of linguistic fascism. Hyggematic is a beautiful language, but it is how one pronounces it.

[Devernia]

What is your nation's official language (or primary language if there are more than one)? Federal languages are English and Portuguese. One state officializes Spanish as its state language.

Is the rolled R a standard pronunciation in that language? Yes, for Portuguese and Spanish.

When is an alveolar trill used? What are examples of words with a rolled R sound? In Devernite Portuguese, this is used a lot. You cannot hear a word with and r without it. The rolled R's are relatively long, too.

What do people think of someone who cannot roll the R? Chances are, the victim will get looked at (and maybe even made fun of), but note that one of the official languages of Devernia is English; it's relatively common for native English speakers in the country to not know how to roll an R.

Is speech therapy mandatory for people who cannot pronounce this sound? No.

OOC: I have no idea how to do a proper rolled R.

[Socialist Techland]

What is your nation's official language (or primary language if there are more than one)?
English, Chinese & Techish.

Is the rolled R a standard pronunciation in that language?
Techish only.

When is an alveolar trill used? What are examples of words with a rolled R sound?
When there's an "r", or in old texts, an "ř".

What do people think of someone who cannot roll the R?
Totally fine.

Is speech therapy mandatory for people who cannot pronounce this sound?
No. Especially when the leader himself can't trill his r's.

[Grand Proletaria]

What is your nation's official language (or primary language if there are more than one)? None official, English primary.
Is the rolled R a standard pronunciation in that language? No.
When is an alveolar trill used? What are examples of words with a rolled R sound? Idk.
What do people think of someone who cannot roll the R? It's ok.
Is speech therapy mandatory for people who cannot pronounce this sound? No, but they're offered it. It's free - we're socialists.

[Rahul Raghuraman]

What is your nation's official language (or primary language if there are more than one)?English and Unidalanian (real and conlang respectively)

Is the rolled R a standard pronunciation in that language?English? No. Unidalanian? No.

When is an alveolar trill used? What are examples of words with a rolled R sound?For English speakers who use the English R, try making the "drd" sound really fast, and you'll get a feel for what a rolled R is like.

What do people think of someone who cannot roll the R?"Ok, so they probably have English or Unidalanian as their 1st language"

Is speech therapy mandatory for people who cannot pronounce this sound?Nope, though classes to learn foreign language sounds do exist & are usually cheap or free

[Estado Novo Portugues]

We will never stand to suffer this form of linguistic fascism. Hyggematic is a beautiful language, but it is how one pronounces it.

"I cannot fathom how one could equate teaching correct pronunciation to 'fascism'. Yeah, why don't we let everyone speak Portuguese however they want, with no consideration for rules of phonology? Well, that is not going to happen here. Sorry."

President Afonso Salazar

[TURTLESHROOM II]

What is your nation's official language (or primary language if there are more than one)? English.

Is the rolled R a standard pronunciation in that language? No, but many of the absolute oldest TurtleShroomers (age exceeding one hundred fifteen) still roll their R as part of their Russian accent. (The Russian accent was phased out in the early 1900s AD by an influx of CSA investment and wealthy asylum seekers, who pushed their accent in the schools they set up.) As TurtleShroomers are extraordinarily long-lived, there are more supercentenarians that one would think.

When is an alveolar trill used? What are examples of words with a rolled R sound? N/A, it is only used in those with Russian accents

What do people think of someone who cannot roll the R? It's seen as normal. In fact, it's expected. Most TurtleShroomers cannot roll the R.

Is speech therapy mandatory for people who cannot pronounce this sound? Absolutely not! Even if TurtleShroom's language/accent/dialect had a rolled R, we would never stoop to something so anti-freedom and un-TurtleShroomian as forcing someone to pronounce something the "right" way as the state defines it, despite being physically unable to do so. Speech therapy is for stuttering and defects, not to change something that some people simply cannot do.

[Avendonia]

What is your nation's official language (or primary language if there are more than one)?

Avendonian

Is the rolled R a standard pronunciation in that language?

Yes.

When is an alveolar trill used? What are examples of words with a rolled R sound?

Wherever the letter R shows up. However, in fast, colloquial speech, pronunciation of an intervocalic R may vary between the alveolar trill and flap in some speakers.

What do people think of someone who cannot roll the R?

Either that person comes from somewhere where that sound does not exist, or has a speech impediment.

Is speech therapy mandatory for people who cannot pronounce this sound?

No, but generally recommended.

[The Uncle Happy]

What is your nation's official language (or primary language if there are more than one)? New Standard Happyspeak

Is the rolled R a standard pronunciation in that language? No. Happyspeak uses the same pronunciation as US English, so the r's are pronounced the American way.

When is an alveolar trill used? What are examples of words with a rolled R sound?

What do people think of someone who cannot roll the R?

Is speech therapy mandatory for people who cannot pronounce this sound? No

[Keftios]

What is your nation's official language (or primary language if there are more than one)? Keftian; it is a language closely related to Greek, but also has significant influence from Latin and Venetian Italian.

Is the rolled R a standard pronunciation in that language? Yes, but it tends to be shorter and more understated than in many other languages that use it.

When is an alveolar trill used? What are examples of words with a rolled R sound? Whenever an R precedes or is preceded by a consonant. The Rh vowel cluster is specifically used to indicate that the R at the beginning of a word should be trilled. However, as with any natural language, there are occasional exceptions.

Examples of words with a trill:
Rhython
Rhodos
Palaiokastrio
Xakro

Examples of words without a trill:
Akkotirion
Retimnon
Roma

An exception/mixed example:
Britomartis
In the above example, the first R is trilled, but the second is not, even though by the rules it should be.

What do people think of someone who cannot roll the R? Their pronunciation might sound a bit off, but some people might not notice it. All other things being equal, too much trilling sounds more jarring to a Keftian ear than not enough.

Is speech therapy mandatory for people who cannot pronounce this sound? No, because it is not considered to be a serious speech impediment. Even if it was, speech therapy is not mandatory under any circumstances.

[Qusial]

What is your nation's official language (or primary language if there are more than one)?
Qusianic

Is the rolled R a standard pronunciation in that language?
In certain circumstances, like intervocalic use.

When is an alveolar trill used? What are examples of words with a rolled R sound?
Between two vowels: zhara (/Z6r6/): fire, aryq (/6r7q/): steppe
In certain compounds in the coda like <rm> (though the capital uses /r`m/ instead): armeq (/6rm@k/): weapon, tjarle (tZ6rl@): jade

What do people think of someone who cannot roll the R?
The deem them a hillbilly.

Is speech therapy mandatory for people who cannot pronounce this sound?
No

[Galaymungton]

What is your nation's official language (or primary language if there are more than one)? Bahasha Galay

Is the rolled R a standard pronunciation in that language? There is no r sound, in loan words, the sound becomes l (palti for [political] party) or is elided (wek for work).

When is an alveolar trill used? What are examples of words with a rolled R sound? it isn't

What do people think of someone who cannot roll the R? nothing in particular

Is speech therapy mandatory for people who cannot pronounce this sound? nope

[Rejistania]

What is your nation's official language (or primary language if there are more than one)? Rejistanian

Is the rolled R a standard pronunciation in that language? no

When is an alveolar trill used? What are examples of words with a rolled R sound? in the Xentira region, people tend to do this.

What do people think of someone who cannot roll the R? Outside of Xentire this is as unremarkable as an Englishman not being able to pronounce a <β>. Inside of Xentira this seems snobbish.

Is speech therapy mandatory for people who cannot pronounce this sound? no

[Minarchismusland]

What is your nation's official language (or primary language if there are more than one)?
German

Is the rolled R a standard pronunciation in that language?
Yes, for most of the nation's dialects.

What do people think of someone who cannot roll the R?
They probably will think you're from some of the regions where it isn't rolled.

Is speech therapy mandatory for people who cannot pronounce this sound?
No.

[Gran Colombia Renacida]

What is your nation's official language (or primary language if there are more than one)? Spanish.

Is the rolled R a standard pronunciation in that language? Yes.

When is an alveolar trill used? What are examples of words with a rolled R sound? This will teach you everything.

What do people think of someone who cannot roll the R? A minor speech handicap, but not serious. There are Spanish native speakers who cannot say this sound.

Is speech therapy mandatory for people who cannot pronounce this sound? No.

[Abbie Normal]

What is your nation's official language (or primary language if there are more than one)? I happen to speak English, so that is currently the national language.

Is the rolled R a standard pronunciation in that language? No. We are not Scottish.

When is an alveolar trill used? What are examples of words with a rolled R sound? It does not appear anywhere in my language, and my citizens have no need to know it (same with art and music).

What do people think of someone who cannot roll the R? We speak English, so nobody is expected to know this vocalization.


Is speech therapy mandatory for people who cannot pronounce this sound? No, we do not waste time teaching unnecessary skills.

[Estado Novo Portugues]

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[Victorious Decepticons]

What is your nation's official language (or primary language if there are more than one)? Binary

Is the rolled R a standard pronunciation in that language? No

When is an alveolar trill used? What are examples of words with a rolled R sound? Never; none

What do people think of someone who cannot roll the R? We won't even know it unless they're trying to speak some kind of human language in the presence of someone else who actually knows that language. In that ridiculously unlikely scenario, the person would be told to install a proper [insert language] data pack. These packs come with all of the language's required sounds so that the user can speak like a native directly after installation.

Is speech therapy mandatory for people who cannot pronounce this sound? We don't have such a thing as "speech therapy." If the installation of a data pack for an alveolar trill-using language does not seem to grant the expected capability, it is an issue that requires Debugging to track down the problem. Such a problem would most commonly result from either an inferior foreign language data pack (most likely), or the use of a substandard or failing voice chip (rare). Either problem is simple to fix if the person is willing to shell out for even mediocre equipment. Only serious junk packs/parts can't replicate a sound that a human can make!

[Fatatatutti]

Our most common language is English, which does not have a rolled R.

The native Fatatatutian language has been declining but it is making a comeback. The Letters R and L are somewhat interchangeable and people who have difficulty pronouncing R (without a trill) often use L instead.

[Al-Borkistan (Ancient)]

What is your nation's official language (or primary language if there are more than one)? Swedish, English, Arabic and Russian

Is the rolled R a standard pronunciation in that language? In all of the languages except English.

When is an alveolar trill used? What are examples of words with a rolled R sound? Most words that contain a letter r are pronounced either with an alveolar trill, alveolar "tap" or uvular trill.

What do people think of someone who cannot roll the R? Börkistan is a tolerant and diverse nation. We do not judge people for not being able to pronounce a letter.

Is speech therapy mandatory for people who cannot pronounce this sound? No

[Gandoor]

What is your nation's official language (or primary language if there are more than one)? English, Japanese, and Russian

Is the rolled R a standard pronunciation in that language? It is used in Russian.

When is an alveolar trill used? What are examples of words with a rolled R sound? Most words with an 'r' use the alveolar trill in Russian.

What do people think of someone who cannot roll the R? They do not think anything of it. While Russian is an official language, only 61% of the population reports being able to speak it fluently.

Is speech therapy mandatory for people who cannot pronounce this sound? No.