Phonetic-Vowel Inference of Kichwa-Speaking People in the Province of Chimborazo Compared to the use of Spanish by the Inhabitants of the Region

Abstract

The incorrect pronunciation of the phonemes generates a deficient phonetic pronunciation in the students who have emerged in their ability to express themselves with agility in their ideas, made up of the association and relationship of words. The objective of this research work is to carry out a phonetic-vocalic study in the Kichwa-speaking students of the "Monsignor Leonidas Proaño" Intercultural Educational Unit of the Riobamba canton, year 2022. A mixed investigation was carried out, because it collects and analyzes statistical data using as an instrument, an interview with five Kichwa-speaking students, in addition, qualitative and quantitative data were analyzed. The most frequent phonological interferences identified by the PRAAT tool were: bilabial - fricative and dental - fricative, because the spectrograms obtained in relation to fricative interference had low frequencies. Regarding vowel interference, the students changed the vowel "e" to "i" and "o" to "u". In addition, a bilabial point of articulation appeared; there was a point of dental articulation, in which the tongue also acts against the upper incisors, while at the velar point the tongue acts against the mobile area of the palate; each of these points acted in conjunction with a fricative mode of articulation, this indicates that there is a narrowing of the articulatory organs without impeding the passage of air.