What are all the vowels10/22/2023 What are those 20 vowels? This can be a genuine question in your mind. Are you surprised knowing about 20 vowels?Īs you might have heard that there are 5 vowels a,e,i,o,u. These 44 sounds consist of 20 vowels sounds and 24 consonants sounds. English language has 44 speech sounds or phonemes (smallest unit of speech sound) in its sound system. I have already discussed about the Importance of English Speech Sounds and symbols in my previous blog post. There are 26 letters in English alphabet. There are various letters and sounds which represent different sounds or letters. In English there is no one to one correspondence between spelling and sound. To have clear pronunciation, you should understand about all letters, speech sounds and their pronunciation. If you know how to pronounce the words and phrases correctly, your level of speech understanding is also increased. Correct and clear pronunciation is as important as listening and speaking skills. Phonetic transcription and knowledge about English speech sounds is often ignored by many English learners.
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