TABLE I.
Mean Intelligibility (% correct) for Korean-, Spanish-, and Mixed-accented Talkers.
| Speaker Group | Female Speakers | Male Speakers | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Place of Origin (first language) | Intelligibility | Place of Origin (first language) | Intelligibility | |
| Korean 1 | Seoul, South Korea (Korean) | 53.3 | Seoul, South Korea (Korean) | 59.2 |
| 58.3 | 67.5 | |||
| 64.3 | 81 | |||
| Korean 2 | Seoul, South Korea (Korean) | 68.5 | Seoul, South Korea (Korean) | 68.5 |
| 60.1 | 60.1 | |||
| 56.8 | 56.8 | |||
| Spanish 1 | Mexico City, Mexico (Spanish) | 32.9 | Mexico City, Mexico (Spanish) | 54.5 |
| 39.7 | 58.3 | |||
| 68.8 | 49.2 | |||
| Spanish 2 | Mexico City, Mexico (Spanish) | 48.9 | Mexico City, Mexico (Spanish) | 42.9 |
| 35.2 | 60.3 | |||
| 53.5 | 52.8 | |||
| Mixed 1 | Korce, Albania (Albanian) | 57.7 | Bucharest, Romania (Romanian) | 76.6 |
| Vlaadingen, Holland (Dutch) | 64.7 | Chittagong, Bangladesh (Bengali) | 88.9 | |
| Shizuoka, Japan (Japanese) | 79.5 | Sagar, India (Hindi) | 70.2 | |
| Mixed 2 | Alès, France (French) | 73.7 | Kazan, Russia (Russian) | 90.9 |
| Bamberg, Germany (German) | 72.5 | Beijing, China (Mandarin) | 53.7 | |
| Mogadishu, Somalia (Somali) | 92.7 | Izmir, Turkey (Turkish) | 72.2 | |