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We only have 26 letters, but there are 44 speech sounds.
Speech sounds are specific sounds. The word physics would be pronounced as: fis - ics or fiz - ics
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Ran? Escalated?
There is one syllable in the word 'fruit'.
We only have 26 letters, but there are 44 speech sounds.
Speech sounds are specific sounds. The word physics would be pronounced as: fis - ics or fiz - ics
There is one syllable in the word flag, but three speech sounds : "fl - a - g".
Phonemes are speech sounds, and in the word "it" there are just two phonemes - i / t.
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There are three phonemes, or speech sounds, in the word mat: m / a / t
There are six phonemes, or speech sounds, in the word 'animal'. They are a / n / i / m / a / l
The opposite of the word "phonetic" is "non-phonetic." Phonetics is the study of the sounds of speech, so non-phonetic would refer to something that is not related to speech sounds or pronunciation.
The word tie has two phonemes, or speech sounds. They are t / ie.
Onomatopoeia
Ran? Escalated?
There are the phonemes, or speech sounds, in the word peach: p / ea / ch