IF THIS IS NOT a trick question, there are 5 vowels and 21 consonants in the English alphabet, (at the moment!) making a total of 26 letters in the English alphabet.
(The number of letters has changed over the centuries, but this is another matter!)
The letters a,e,i,o,u, are traditionally called vowels (See Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary) but, to be technical, the vowel 'sound' is also associated with the 'consonants' w and y.
(Merriam-Webster's dictionary says: Vowel: a letter or other symbol representing a vowel -usually used in English of a, e, i, o, u, and sometimes y.)
IF THIS IS a trick question, and actually means "How many vowels and consonants are in the words 'English alphabet'?", the answers could be:
It depends on which alphabet you are talking about. FOr example:
The Latin alphabet for English has 5 vowels (y and w are sometimes included as well).
The Hebrew alphabet has no vowels.
There are five vowels in the Spanish alphabet: A, E, I, O, and U.
05 vowels are there
5
The Chinese language unlike the English language has no alphabet. That said, there are no consonants or vowels in the Chinese language.
There are 22 consonants and no vowels.
22 consonants and no vowels.
it had 22 consonants (and no vowels).
The Phoenician alphabet consisted of 22 symbols representing consonant sounds.
There are 51 letters in the Bengali Alphabet, 11 Vowels and 40 Consonants.
Classical Aramaic uses the Hebrew alphabet, which has 22 consonants and no vowels.
Jewish Aramaic uses the Hebrew alphabet, which has 22 consonants and no vowels.
There are 51 letters in the Bengali Alphabet, 11 Vowels and 40 Consonants.
12 Letters. 7 consonants and 5 vowels.
There are 32 letters in the Gujarati alphabet
There are no semi-vowels in the English alphabet, but if you are talking about phonology, there are 2 semi-vowels in North American English pronunciation: ə and ɨ