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Abstract

This study acoustically analyses the vowel space of adult New Zealand English speakers from a predominantly Pasifika suburb in Auckland (Papatoetoe). These speakers ( = 13) are compared to two equivalent groups from non-Pasifika Auckland suburbs, Mount Roskill ( = 14) and Titirangi ( = 6). All participants are New Zealand English speakers aged 16–25. There were equal numbers of male and female participants. For the acoustic analysis vowels with sentence stress were identified and extracted and formant values were calculated at the vowel target. This study looks at over 8000 monophthongs and 4000 diphthongs. The study found minimal differences between speakers from different suburbs, but all groups had notable differences from the traditional New Zealand English (NZE) vowel space. These differences align with previous comments regarding the vowels of Pasifika New Zealand English. The paper concludes by contemplating what these results say about Pasifika New Zealand English and New Zealand English in Auckland.

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Keyword(s): acoustic phonetics; Auckland English; diphthongs; monophthongs; New Zealand English; Pasifika English; phonetics; short front vowels NZE; urban diversity; vowels

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