>> They recorded bits of informal conversation from 31 dialects across 5 continents and suggested that the word ‘huh’ (and its variants) is possibly a universal repair initiator that exists in all languages, performs the same function and sounds roughly the same across languages.
Can we compile a list of more than 31 languages where this interjection sounds nothing like "huh"?
I'll start with Greek:
- Αποφασίσαμε να μετακομίσουμε στην Αλάσκα (We decided to move to Alaska)
- Ε; (/Ɂe/)
Here's an ipa chart where you can click the symbols to get the sounds:
Can we compile a list of more than 31 languages where this interjection sounds nothing like "huh"?
I'll start with Greek:
Here's an ipa chart where you can click the symbols to get the sounds:https://www.internationalphoneticalphabet.org/ipa-sounds/ipa...