English Speech Sounds -12 Pure Vowels(Monophthongs) & their Symbols

 

 

English language has 44 sounds or phonemes in its sound system.
These 44 sounds consist of 20 vowels sounds and 24 consonants sounds.

Are you surprised knowing about 20 vowels?

As you might have heard that there are 5 vowels a,e,i,o,u.
What are those 20 vowels?This can be a genuine question in your mind.
Here is the answer for your questions.The five letters a,e,i,o,u are the the five vowel letters and we get 20 vowel sounds from these 5 vowel letters.
20 vowelsare further divided in two parts
1.Monophthongs (12).
2.Diphthongs (8).
12 monophthongs and 8 diphthongs are 20 vowel sounds.
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12 pure vowels,short and long vowels with examples 

 

To understand the correct pronunciation for 12 pure vowels or monophthongs, watch the video below.

 

 

   

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