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Give a list of English vowel phonemes, both pure vowels and diphthongs, according to British Received Pronunciation. Write the phonetic symbol for each vowel and give an example of a word in which it occurs.

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Answered by Mohini768
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Answered by Sudhalatwal
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There are five vowels and twenty one vowel sounds in English. The short and long vowel sounds together make 12 monophthongs and sliding vowels (diphthongs) are nine in number.
The monophthongs are twelve in number and are -
1. / ɪ /  (short vowel sound of ɪ)             e.g. pit, bit, hit
2. / ɪ: / (long vowel sound of ɪ)              e.g. me, see, key 
3. / e / (short vowel sound of e )            e.g. egg, leg, beg
4. / æ / (long vowel sound of æ)            e.g. pat, cat, hat
5. / 
ɑ: / (long vowel sound of ɑ:)             e.g. car, jar, par
6. / 
ɒ /   (shortvowel sound of ɒ)             e.g. hot, pot, got
7. / 
ɔ: /  (long vowel sound of ɔ:)             e.g. all, doll, ball
8. / 
ʊ /  (short vowel sound of  ʊ)            e.g. hood, wood, should
9. / 
u: /  (long vowel sound of u:)             e.g. pool, cool, you 
10. / 
ʌ /  (short vowel sound of ʌ)            e.g. girl, pearl, ulcer
11. / ɜ: /  (long vowel sound of ɜ:)            e.g. fur, word, heard
12. / 
ə /  (short vowel sound of ə)            e.g. aloud, alone, gutter

Nine Diphthongs are : 
1. / eɪ /          e.g. name, date, bait
2. / 
əʊ /         e.g.  home, gone, moan 
3. / aɪ /          e.g. bye, my, sky
4. / ɑʊ /         e.g. now, how, brow
5. / ɔɪ /          e.g. boy, toy, joy
6. / ɪə /          e.g. here, dear, beer
7. / ɛə /          e.g. fair, dare, share
8. / ɔə /          e.g. board, hoard, pour
9. / 
ʊə /          e.g. your, pure, sure
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