BP#2

Anita

/anita/

The first letter of my name is a low central vowel “a“. The next syllable has a voiced alveolar nasal sound with stressed high front vowel “ni”. The last syllable has a voiceless alveolar stop sound with unstressed low central vowel “ta”.

To say my name you have to first open your mouth and let your tongue stay low in it, like you would do when your doctor ask you to “say aaaa.” Next you need to rise your tongue to the alveolar ridge, bony ridge behind and above your upper teeth, let the air go through your nose and use your vocal cords to make the sound “nnnn,” then lower slightly your tongue and make “iii” sound. Next you need to raise again your tongue to the alveolar ridge and stop the air stream for a brief moment then let it go abruptly without using your vocal cords and say “t” and finally make the same sound as at the beginning by opening your mouth.

And you get: “A-ni-ta”