Data Sets

Brunei

ASEAN

Japanese + Bruneian — Jp : 46

S1 = Brunei female
S2 = Japanese female

S2: my major is literature in Japan

Intended Words: major, literature

Heard as: Initially, S1 was unable to understand these two words.

Discussion: The medial consonant in major is [ʒ] rather than [dʒ], and literature begins with [r] rather than the expected [l].

It is worth noting that this interaction occurred near the start of the conversation. S1 subsequently got used to the occasional confusion of [l] and [r] by S2, so it did not cause problems later on, except for one token of Labuan.