Immigrants will destroy the sound [th] in English

The British are very concerned about changes in the English language, writes The Telegraph.

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Linguists believe that the [th] sound will completely disappear from the English language by 2066 due to the fact that so many immigrants cannot pronounce interdental consonants - the term for the sound that is created by the tongue pushing air through the upper teeth.

According to experts from the University of York, over the next few 10 years, immigration will radically change the language.

The sound [th] - it is also called the deaf dental fricative consonant - is likely to be replaced by the sounds [f], [d] or [v], and then the word mother will be pronounced as [muvver], and the word thick as [fick].

Here's what expert and sociolinguist from the University of York, Dominic Watt, PhD, said: "Given London's status as the most linguistically influential city in the English-speaking world, we can expect significant changes in language by the middle of this century."

“The main changes to the way we speak over the next 50 years will include the simplification of the sounds of words, they are likely to become shorter.

“By looking at how English has changed over the last 50 years, we can identify patterns that will repeat themselves.”

“Languages ​​also change when they come into contact with each other. English has borrowed thousands of words from other languages: mainly French, Latin and Greek, but there are also borrowed words from dozens of other languages.”

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