... sounds These l a n guages are called tone languages Many Asian and native American languages are t o n e languages, and there are more than 1,000 tone languages in Africa alone English b e longs ... standard variety spoken in the U n i t e d States is called General American (English) or Standard American English Received Pronunciation: An accent A standard variety has a fixed grammar and ... in English, namely /k/ as in Canada, whereas there are three lenis velars, Igl as in Greenland, In/ as in England, and / w / as in Wales An example from another language is the last sound in...