One study claims that an “Antarctic accent” actually exists

Antarctica may be the only continent in the world without permanent human settlements. Home to penguins, seals, whales and a few researchers and scientists who live there. Apparently, it arose among them Something called the “Antarctic accent.” Among those who share every winter.

Because it is so isolated, with a population of no more than 1,000 people in the winter months, everyone living there began speaking to each other in a common local dialect, despite being from all over the world. They live in research stations, and their relationships are very intense, which is what caused this phenomenon, according to the British newspaper, The Mirror.

In this sense, a young linguistics fan on TikTok explained: “Because Antarctica is so hostile and remote, these scientists are completely isolated from the rest of the world. This is the perfect environment to study the new development of a new dialect.” The linguists recruited eleven different Antarctic researchers of different nationalities. “They recorded it before leaving for Antarctica and then again after returning to see what would change.”

He added that eight of the participants were English, one from the United States, one from Germany, and one from Iceland. It is not surprising that there was a mixture of pronunciations and that they all influenced each other’s speech.

The TikToker also explained: “After the study, the researchers pronounced their vowels more similar to each other than before.” He said they started Develop longer vowel sounds and pronounce the “ou” sound. In front of the mouth instead of behind the throat.

Jonathan Harrington, study author and professor of acoustics and speech processing at Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich, spoke to IFL Science about the findings and said: “The Antarctic accent isn’t really that noticeable; It may take much longer to become so, but it is measurable sonically.

“It’s basically a An amalgamation of some aspects of spoken winter dialects Before they go to Antarctica, with innovation. It’s much more embryonic [que los acentos ingleses convencionales] Because it had so little time to develop and also, of course, because it was only distributed to a small group of speakers.