Algerian Arabic rhythm classification
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https://doi.org/10.36505/ExLing-2010/03/0010/000130Keywords:
duration, rhythm, Algerian speakers, Arabic languageAbstract
This paper investigates speech timing in Modern Standard Arabic (MSA) of Algerian speakers in order to situate their Arabic language between stress-timed and syllable-timed languages. We extracted first all duration measurements from recordings taken from sound voice bank ALGASD (ALGerian Arabic Speech Database) and after computed durations with using recently interesting rhythmic approaches.
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