How many vowels are in a syllable?

Answer 1

The standard vowels are A, E, I , O, and U.

The semi-vowels are Y and W. The Y takes the place of a vowel, typically I as in the words by, myth, and rhythm. The W forms the diphthong sound ou/ow in words such as how and cow, where the O loses its O sound. In other ow words, the W can be considered silent (blow, show).

Answer 2

If you are talking about writing:

There are about 14 different marks in written Hebrew to represent vowels depending on how you define them, though several vowel sounds use more than one different symbol, and a couple of symbols can be used for more than one sound. Plus there are several more ways to write vowels if you include the consonants Y and V (which are sometimes part of Hebrew vowels).

Here is how I organize them:

3 x ah: ֲ ָ ַ

4 x eh: ְ ֱ ֵ ֶ (shva is either unstressed "eh" or silent; non-israelis pronounce tsereh ֵ as AY)

1x ee: ִ (some count the combination י ִ as a separate ee vowel)

4 x oh: ׂ ֳ וֹ and sometimes ָ

2 x ooh: ֻ וּ

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14

If you are talking about speaking:

Modern spoken Hebrew only has 5 different vowel sounds, not including diphthongs: a, ě, i, o, u

Answer 3

The Greek alphabet contains 7 vowels, and sometimes an eighth, similar to English. The names of the letters that are always considered vowels are alpha, epsilon, eta, iota, omicron, omega, and upsilon.

Answer 4

It depends on the word, and whether the vowels are paired.

For example - ceil-ing has two syllables, the first one has two vowels and the second only has one. But there are only two vowel sounds (long E, short I).

Answer 5

Japanese has 5 pure short vowels, which are pronounced nearly the same as Spanish, except for the u:

• a as in father =ア
  
• e as in red = エ
  
• i as in machine = イ
  
• o as in oh オ
  
• u (as in put) ウ
  

These vowels can be lengthened with the symbol ー which creates five long vowels. A long vowel in Japanese means it is pronounced twice as long as a short vowel.

イ and ウ can also sound like Y and W to English speaking people in some words when they are combined with other vowels. However, all vowels in Japanese are actually monophthongs.

The IPA symbols for the vowels are:

• [a] ア
  
• [e̞] エ
  
• [i] イ
  
• [o̞] オ
  
• [ɯ̟] ウ*
  

*ウ is a close near-back vowel with the lips unrounded ([ɯ̟]) or compressed ([ɯ̟ᵝ]). When compressed, it is pronounced with the side portions of the lips in contact but with no salient protrusion. In conversational speech, compression may be weakened or completely dropped. After /s, z, t/ and palatalized consonants, it is centralized [ɨ].

Answer 6

The English alphabet contains 26 letters, 6 of which ARE vowels (with the option of two other letters in very certain circumstances).

Answer 7

There are 7 vowels in the greek alphabet

Answer 8

6

Answer 9

12 depending on what you hold