How many vowels does English have? Five, right? A, E, I, O, U. Oh, and sometimes Y. So, six? Actually, English has at least 14 different vowel sounds and, depending on the speaker and dialect, maybe ...
A, E, I, O, U and sometimes Y is not all you need to know about vowels. There's more to these workhorse members of our linguistics inventory than you might think. The most common vowel sound in ...
We learn about 6 vowel letters and the numerous sounds we make when using them. In English, we have 5 (well, sometimes 6) vowel letters, but way more vowel sounds. That’s where the IPA can help us! We ...
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These "I" and "E" vowels are formed by putting your tongue forward in the mouth. That's why they're called "front" vowels. With these words, your tongue depresses and folds back a bit. So "O", "A" and ...