Explain why there are more sounds than letters of the alphabet in English ?
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Oʀɪɢɪɴᴀʟʟʏ Aɴsᴡᴇʀᴇᴅ: Wʜᴀᴛ ɪs ᴛʜᴇ ᴅɪғғᴇʀᴇɴᴄᴇ ʙᴇᴛᴡᴇᴇɴ sᴏᴜɴᴅs ᴀɴᴅ ʟᴇᴛᴛᴇʀs? Lᴇᴛᴛᴇʀs ᴀʀᴇ ᴛʜᴇ Aʟᴘʜᴀʙᴇᴛ ᴏғ ʟᴀɴɢᴜᴀɢᴇ ᴛᴏ ᴡʀɪᴛᴇ ᴛʜᴀᴛ1 ʟᴀɴɢᴜᴀɢᴇ. Mᴀɴʏ sᴀʏ ᴛʜᴇʀᴇ ᴀʀᴇ ᴍᴏʀᴇ ᴛʜᴀɴ 100 ᴠᴏᴡᴇʟ sᴏᴜɴᴅs. Vᴏᴡᴇʟ sᴏᴜɴᴅs ᴀʀᴇ ᴛʜᴏsᴇ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴡᴇ ᴄᴀʟʟ 'sᴡᴀʀ'ɪɴ ᴍᴀɴʏ Iɴᴅɪᴀɴ ʟᴀɴɢᴜᴀɢᴇs.
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1.0 The English Alphabet
The English alphabet has 26 letters, made up of consonants and vowels. There are five vowels (a,e,i,,o,u) and the rest are all consonants. In English, pronunciation of words centres upon syllables: a syllable is a unit of pronunciation which has one vowel sound, with or without surrounding consonants, forming the whole or a part of a word. For example, there are two syllables in wa/ter and three in in/fer/no.
1.1 The International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)
The International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) is an alphabet of phonetic notation designed to capture all the different ways words in English can be pronounced, based on the Latin alphabet