There are 5 vowels and 2 semi-vowels (Y and W).
But there are from 11 to 20 "vowel sounds" in English, made by one or more vowels in various words.
Vowels in the English AlphabetThe 5 traditional vowels are A, E, I, O, and U. However, in English the the letters W and Y can also represent vowel sounds, but they don't always do so. Hence, they may be considered vowels "sometimes".Examples with Y and W as vowels:
Examples where Y and W do not represent vowels:
Using the General American accent as an example, these are some of the vowel sounds that exist, excluding diphthongs:
The Second Edition of the 20-volume Oxford English Dictionary contains full entries for 171,476 words in current use, and 47,156 obsolete words. To this may be added around 9,500 derivative words included as subentries. Over half of these words are nouns, about a quarter adjectives, and about a seventh verbs; the rest is made up of exclamations, conjunctions, prepositions, suffixes, etc. And these figures don't take account of entries with senses for different word classes (such as noun and adjective).
This suggests that there are, at the very least, a quarter of a million distinct English words, excluding inflections, and words from technical and regional vocabulary not covered by the OED, or words not yet added to the published dictionary, of which perhaps 20 per cent are no longer in current use. If distinct senses were counted, the total would probably approach three quarters of a million.
How many alphabet in english
26
about 6100
There are too many words to list.
American Sign Language (ASL) is a unique language with its own grammar and vocabulary, so it does not directly translate English words into signs. However, there can be signs in ASL that correspond to English words, but it cannot be quantified in the same way as spoken languages.
Koko is a famous gorilla who understands many signs in American Sign Language as well as many words of spoken English.
There are about 228,132 words total in the English language.
There is no such language.
There are approximately 135,000 words in the French language.
Just like English language, Spanish language has unlimited amount of words
Noah Webster was the first person to write and publish an American English dictionary "An American Dictionary of the English Language" in 1828. he was a schoolteacher and wanted to simp[lify the language by removing 'useless' letters from words such as coloUr, freiGHt, and of course the big change, changing the -ise ending for -ize. Local differences also had a huge influence on the language, words coming from Native American(is thsat politically correct ? ) words, Yiddish words and phrases play a major part.
Which particular native American language? There are many hundreds to chose from.
There is no such thing as "the Indian language" but it's a general rule that for any language on earth, it's not possible to count the words, because there is no universal definition of what a word is. But most estimates place the number of words per language at between 40,000 and 160,000 words.Note: English is an exception. It has the largest number of words of any language in the world, estimated at 170,000 to 250,000 words. No language has more words than English.
Native Americans have influenced the English language in many ways. Native American words have found their way into military communications. Native American words are also used to name cities, and roads in the United States. For example, the Wampanoag trail in Rhode Island.
"Ki nowa" does not have a specific meaning in Native American languages, as it is not a word or phrase in any known Native American language. It is possible that it is a misspelling or misinterpretation of a Native American term or name.