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    44 Sounds of A Us English

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    The document summarizes the 44 phonemes or sounds in English. It divides them into 20 vowel sounds including short vowels, long vowels, r-controlled vowels, and other vowels. It also notes the schwa vowel. The 24 consonant sounds are categorized by their place and manner of articulation, including stops, nasals, fricatives, affricates, approximants, and laterals. A few additional consonant combinations are also noted.

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    44 Sounds of A Us English

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    The document summarizes the 44 phonemes or sounds in English. It divides them into 20 vowel sounds including short vowels, long vowels, r-controlled vowels, and other vowels. It also notes the schwa vowel. The 24 consonant sounds are categorized by their place and manner of articulation, including stops, nasals, fricatives, affricates, approximants, and laterals. A few additional consonant combinations are also noted.

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    The document summarizes the 44 phonemes or sounds in English. It divides them into 20 vowel sounds including short vowels, long vowels, r-controlled vowels, and other vowels. It also notes the schwa vowel. The 24 consonant sounds are categorized by their place and manner of articulation, including stops, nasals, fricatives, affricates, approximants, and laterals. A few additional consonant combinations are also noted.

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    44 Sounds of A Us English

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    The document summarizes the 44 phonemes or sounds in English. It divides them into 20 vowel sounds including short vowels, long vowels, r-controlled vowels, and other vowels. It also notes the schwa vowel. The 24 consonant sounds are categorized by their place and manner of articulation, including stops, nasals, fricatives, affricates, approximants, and laterals. A few additional consonant combinations are also noted.

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    The 44 Sounds

    Note that the 44 sounds (phonemes) have multiple spellings (graphemes) and only the most common
    ones have been provided in this summary.

    20 Vowel Sounds
    6 Short Vowels
    a e i o u oo u
    cat leg sit top rub book
    put

    5 Long Vowels
    ai ay ee ea ie igh oe ow oo ue
    paid bee pie toe moon
    tray beat high flow cue

    3 R-Controlled Vowels
    ar er ir ur or
    car her bird hurt cork

    5 Other Vowels
    ow ou oy oi eer ear air ere our
    cow out boy void deer near hair there tour

    1 Unstressed Vowel
    SCHWA
    trumpet across suppose
    24 Consonant Sounds
    PLACE  Bilabial Labio-dental Inter-dental Alveolar Post-alveolar Palatal Velar Glottal
    Where in the mouth

    MANNER How the sound with both lips with lips and teeth between teeth front of mouth front of mouth top of mouth back of mouth voice box
    is made

    Stops p b t d k c g
    air stopped pet bet tip dip cap gap

    Nasal m n ng
    through nose met net sing

    Fricative f v th th s z sh ge “zh” h
    high pressure air fan van thin this sue zoo ship beige hat

    Affricates ch j
    stop + fricative chain Jane

    Approximants w r y
    partial closure of wet rat yak
    airstream

    Lateral l
    air around side of leg
    tongue

    Additional consonant sounds : k + s = x k + w = qu


    box quit

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