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There are some letters that can be pronounced in different sounds:
All the vowels can be pronounced in different sounds, which is typically long and short:
A: Short A, Long A, Short O, Schwa
E: Short E, Long E, Short I, Schwa
I: Short I, Long I, Long E, Schwa
O: Short O, Long O, Short A, Schwa
U: Short U, Double O (OO), Long U (EEU), Beggining Long U (YOO), Schwa
Vowel Digraphs and Diphthongs:
AI: Long A, Long I
AU: Short O, AU
AW: AU, Short O, Schwa
EA: Long E, Short E, Long A, Schwa
EI: Long A, Long E, Long I, Short I
IE: Long E, Long I, Short I
OA: Long O, Short O
OU: AU, Long O
OO: Double O (OO), Short O, Long O, Short U, Schwa
UE: Double O (OO), Long U (EEU)
Some consonants can also be pronounced in different sounds:
C: Hard C (K), Soft C (S) (The C will make a soft sound before an E, I, or Y and the C will make a hard sound before any other letters.)
D: D, J (The D can sometimes make a J sound during DU bond like DURE bond like procedure, etc.)
G: Hard G (G), Soft G (J) (The G will make a soft sound before an E, I, or Y and the G will make a hard sound before any other letters.)
Q (QU) (The Q usually have a U afterwards): KW, K (The QU might make a K sound typically at the end of the words like antique, mosque, unique, etc.)
T: T, SH (The T might make an SH sound when the TI is followed by some vowel like A,E,O. This includes the TIO initial bonds with TION, TIOUS subbonds, TIA initial bonds with TIAL, TIAN, TIATE subbonds, TIE initial bonds with TIENT subbonds. The most frequently used bond is the TION subbonds, which is usually found at the end of the words, which are typically abstract noun words), CH (The T can sometimes make a CH sounds during the TU bond like TURE bond like nature, mature, future, capture, culture, vulture, etc.)
X: KS, GZ (The X can sometimes sound like GZ when EX is followed by a vowel like exam, exist, exert), Z (The X usually sounds like Z when it begins a word)
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∙ 15y agoshort A long A in other languages, yes.
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