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15 vowel sounds (in North American English)

24 consonant sounds

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Q: How many vowel sounds and consonant sounds are there in English?
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How many consonants sounds are in American english?

There are 24 consonant sounds in American English.


Is the y in baby a vowel or a consonant?

It is a consonant because there are already e's in the word. Therefore, y would be a consanant. Y is a vowel in everybody. It doesn't matter how many ee's are in the word it depends on how the word is pronounced. (ĕvˈrē-bŏdˌē)


How many vowel sounds are there in spoken english?

There are 19 vowel sounds in spoken English. But there may be fewer or more depending on dialect. (see the related question)


How many vowel sound do you have in English and how many are voiced?

All English vowel sounds are voiced. The number of sounds depends on the type of English (British, American, Canadian, Australian, etc.) which is being spoken.


What is consonant and how many consonants are there in English?

a consonant is any letter that is not a vowel. so you have a,e,i,o, and u. there are 26 letters in the alphabet so 21.


How many pure vowel sounds are there in English language?

12


How many consonants are there?

In the English language there are 21 consonant letters, including y which is a semi-consonant. There are also some consonant sounds, such as sh, which do not have individual letters to represent them.


Can only consonant vowel consonant vowel make a long vowel sound?

No, that is not always the case. A long vowel sound can be formed by different combinations of consonants and vowels in various spelling patterns, such as vowel-consonant-e (e.g., "care"), vowel teams (e.g., "boat"), and vowel-consonant-consonant (e.g., "rain").


How many sounds are in the Arabic language?

There are approximately 28 to 30 consonant sounds and 6 to 7 vowel sounds in the Arabic language. The exact number can vary depending on dialect and pronunciation.


Why do so many English first names begin with the letter J?

It was actually probably created in French first, and then borrowed into English around the 16th Century. It was created to distinguish between the two sounds of the letter i, which was pronounced as both a vowel and a consonant.


How many vowels are there what are they?

In English there are five full vowels-- a e i o u -- plus y which can be either a vowel (as in "my") or a consonant (as in "your"). So 5.5 vowels?


How many consonants in sew?

"There are 2 consonants in sew, as 's' and 'w' are consonants and 'e' is a vowel. 'A' 'E' 'I' 'O' and 'U' are vowels, and every other letter in the English language is a consonant." Actually, the word "sew" has only one consonant: s. When the letter "w" ends a word after following a vowel (or in other places where it forms a "diphthong"), the "w" is technically a vowel.