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<p><big>By language</big></p>
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<p><big>Allophonic vowel length</big></p>
<p>In most varieties of English, for instance <a href="page.php?w=Received_Pronunciation">Received Pronunciation</a> and <a href="page.php?w=General_American">General American</a>, there is <a href="page.php?w=allophonic">allophonic</a> variation in vowel length depending on the value of the consonant that follows it: vowels are shorter before voiceless consonants and are longer when they come before voiced consonants. Thus, the vowel in bad  is</p><p>
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