Editing Guttural R (section)

===English===

Speakers of the traditional English dialect of [[Northumberland]] and northern [[County Durham]] use a uvular rhotic, known as the "[[Northumbrian Burr]]".<ref>Wells, J.C. 1982. Accents of English 2: The British Isles. Cambridge University Press. Page 368</ref><ref>[http://sounds.bl.uk/View.aspx?item=021M-C0908X0041XX-0800V1.xml Survey of English Dialects, Heddon-on-the-Wall, Northumberland]</ref><ref>[http://sounds.bl.uk/View.aspx?item=021M-C0908X0002XX-0500V1.xml Survey of English Dialects, Ebchester, County Durham]</ref> However, it is no longer used by most contemporary speakers, who generally realize {{IPA|/r/}} as an [[alveolar and postalveolar approximants|alveolar approximant]], {{IPA|[ɹʷ]}}, in common with other varieties spoken in the [[English-speaking world]].<ref>[http://sounds.bl.uk/View.aspx?item=021M-C0900X11059X-0600V1.xml Millennium Memory Bank, Alnwick, Northumberland]</ref><ref>[http://sounds.bl.uk/View.aspx?item=021M-C0900X01567X-1000V1.xml Millennium Memory Bank, Butterknowle, County Durham]</ref>

The [[Hiberno-English]] of northeastern [[Leinster]] in Ireland also uses a uvular {{IPA|[ʁ]}}.<ref>{{cite book |title=Irish English: history and present-day forms |last= Hickey |first= Raymond |isbn= 978-0-521-85299-9|page=320 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=p3vDuPNG7nUC&pg=PA320 | access-date= 16 December 2016 |date=8 November 2007 |publisher= Cambridge University Press }}</ref>