How many pure vowels and consonent in english communication?
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From a little online research, it looks like you could estimate some 15 vowel sounds and 24 consonant sounds. But you won't find single symbols representing those sounds, mainly because English has borrowed so heavily from other languages and kept the original spelling conventions.
In classifying the letter symbols, there are 5 pure vowels (a, e, i, o, u), 19 pure consonants (b, c, d, f, g, h, j, k, l, m, n, p, q, r, s, t, v, x, z), and 2 semi-vowels (y, w) in the standard English alphabet.
If you want to quantify the actual sounds that each letter can represent, well, that's going to be a daunting task. While most of the consonants represent 1 or 2 sounds each (when not in digraphs), some of the vowels can have numerous pronunciations, depending on regional variations. And . You also have to consider diphthongs and digraphs like oi, ae, ou, sh, ch, or, ir, and er. These letter combinations actually represent distinct sounds as well.
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In classifying the letter symbols, there are 5 pure vowels (a, e, i, o, u), 19 pure consonants (b, c, d, f, g, h, j, k, l, m, n, p, q, r, s, t, v, x, z), and 2 semi-vowels (y, w) in the standard English alphabet.
If you want to quantify the actual sounds that each letter can represent, well, that's going to be a daunting task. While most of the consonants represent 1 or 2 sounds each (when not in digraphs), some of the vowels can have numerous pronunciations, depending on regional variations. And . You also have to consider diphthongs and digraphs like oi, ae, ou, sh, ch, or, ir, and er. These letter combinations actually represent distinct sounds as well.
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