Tips for Americans to understand the Indian accent better

This video is not meant to offend anyone. It for giving tips to Americans as to how they can understand Indians better, rather than mocking them. I am Asian myself.

The difficulty in understanding for Americans are the words with the consonants "c", "k", "p", "q" and "t". I will also illustrate the difference in the "a" sound, as well as some other stuff.

Category:

Education

Tags:

• determine
• American
• Accent
• Indian
• Tips
• understanding
• Asian

[jjbeta77]

I'm an English teacher and a Chinese student asked me for advice on how to better understand the Indian accent. Your video is very helpful. Thanks!

[pennatula25]

bengalis are indians too.. i guess u meant bangladeshi

[cannoir]

@abdullah but the V and W means the same thing actually both are just U.If you speak 2 different european languages you'll notice those differences.S often means Z to the germans.example Sigrid will be pronounced Zee-grit . its because we interpret the alphabet differently.I am French.I always get the E and I confused and I regulary mix up G and J in english.Then I get sidetracked when I try to keep up with the english accent.I gave up trying.I keep my thick Frenchy accent.

[abdullah981]

Further our d's and t's are very strong involving applying pressure on the palate with the tongue and it's almost impossible to stop doing that as we pronounce english the way we pronounce these sounds in urdu/hindi. This video is very helpful. Kudos for making this effort.

[abdullah981]

I'm a pakistani now living in the US and never really knew how my pronunciation was very different from that of an american. The c/k/q, t, p sounds involve aspiration which is different fron urdu/hindi. This is easier for me to pick. The v and w is a challenge I still struggle with as they sound very similar to us. We use the two sounds interchangeably. Mostly we use the v sound but every time the v is followed by an o we pronounce it as w such as in voice or vowel.

[n4nickson]

Americans must be able to understand Indian accent ,we Indians do understand their accent,,den wtf is their problem..???????????????

[swtest1]

Hi, sbh02:

I wanted to let you know how helpful your video was to me. I am going to be working at a new job that entails heavy interfacing with an off-shore Indian software testing. I have had a hard time understanding the people so far, some more than others, and I think they have a hard time understanding me (long silences and additional requests for me to repeat). I appreciate your making this video and hope that you will continue taping more lessons and pronunciation examples.

[smegweevil]

This was useful. I have some students who speak to Indians on the telephone and have a lot of trouble understanding what is being said. I will pass on some of your tips. Thanks!

[cfei12]

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[dibzus1212]

@cfei12 Ok Stop it....over.

[cfei12]

@dibzus1212 did i ask u ur identification then why u send me that 1st

[dibzus1212]

@cfei12 Oh come on, i dint ask ur name...Did I...???