Dropped and replaced sounds
Many varieties of Aboriginal English have no 'h' sound at the beginning of the word. This is because there is no h sound in traditional Aboriginal languages, so Aboriginal speakers tend to omit the 'h' sound. This is also likely to occur due to the influence of Irish accents from the early British settlers as they did not pronounce the 'h' sound widely as well. Such as example of the emission of the 'h' sound is when Aboriginal English speakers say ‘Enry’s at' when Standard English speakers pronounce this as 'Henry’s hat'.
Another feature of Aboriginal English is that f, v or th sounds are largely replaced by 'p or b', 'b or p', ' t or d' sounds respectively.
In traditional Aboriginal languages, f, v, and th sounds are rare. Over the generations, Aboriginal speakers have learnt English with an Aboriginal accent. So when they have learnt Standard English words which start which start with a f, v, or th sound, the Aboriginal accent has produced them without it. Such an example when f, v, and th sounds are replaced by other sounds are when Aboriginal English speakers pronounce 'there' as 'dere', replacing the 'th' sound with a 'd' sound, and when Aboriginal English speakers pronounce 'fight and 'bight', replacing the 'b' sound for a 'f' sound.
An interesting feature of Aboriginal English is that long and short vowels are not distinguished. For instance, 'were' may be pronounced so that it sounds the same as 'where', and the vowel sound in 'o' such as in the word 'home' may be the same as in the vowel sound 'o' in 'on'. Also, why and where can sound very similar.
Another feature of Aboriginal English is that f, v or th sounds are largely replaced by 'p or b', 'b or p', ' t or d' sounds respectively.
In traditional Aboriginal languages, f, v, and th sounds are rare. Over the generations, Aboriginal speakers have learnt English with an Aboriginal accent. So when they have learnt Standard English words which start which start with a f, v, or th sound, the Aboriginal accent has produced them without it. Such an example when f, v, and th sounds are replaced by other sounds are when Aboriginal English speakers pronounce 'there' as 'dere', replacing the 'th' sound with a 'd' sound, and when Aboriginal English speakers pronounce 'fight and 'bight', replacing the 'b' sound for a 'f' sound.
An interesting feature of Aboriginal English is that long and short vowels are not distinguished. For instance, 'were' may be pronounced so that it sounds the same as 'where', and the vowel sound in 'o' such as in the word 'home' may be the same as in the vowel sound 'o' in 'on'. Also, why and where can sound very similar.
Overcompensated sounds
Many speakers of Aboriginal English overcompensate for the 'h' sound as they frequently omit the 'h' sound in words as given by the example above. So h sounds can be dropped from, or sometimes added to, the beginning of words. It is also interesting to note that this addition of the 'h' sound occurs most often when the word starts with a vowel. Such an example is when the words 'Uncle Henry' is pronounced as 'Huncle Henry' in Aboriginal English. Here, the 'h' sound was overcompensated in front of the word 'Uncle', which also happens to start with the vowel 'U'.