A vowel is a speech-sound produced by the unimpeded passage of the breath (modified by the vocal cords into voice) through the mouth. Different vowel sounds are made by altering the form and position of the tongue and lips. The word vowel comes from the Latin word vocalis, meaning "vocal" (i.e. relating to the voice).
In English, the word vowel is commonly used to refer both to vowel sounds and to the written symbols that represent them. A vowel letter (as in A, E, I, O, U, and usually Y.) is used alone or in combination to represent a vowel sound.
The letter Y is almost always a vowel. It is only a consonant around 2.5% of the time.
The ancient Greek alphabet modified the Phoenician consonantal alphabet by adding vowel letters to it.
The English language went through a period where the sound of long vowels changed dramatically, it is known as the Great Vowel Shift and it happened ca. 1350 to 1600.
The Hawaiian alphabet consists of 10 vowels and eight consonants.
Before a vowel, we pronounce "the" as "thee", and before a consonant, we pronounce it "thuh".
Mozambique is the only country in the world with a one-word name that includes all five vowels.
Before a vowel, we pronounce "the" as "thee", and before a consonant, we pronounce it "thuh".
'Anemious' is the word for a plant that grows in windy conditions. It is one of two words that contain all five vowels once each in the right order. The other is 'facetious'.
‘Rhythm’ is the longest English word without vowels.
"Strengths" is the longest English word with only one vowel.
Goran Ivanisevic of Croatia is the only tennis player to win the Wimbledon men's singles (in 2001) whose full name is a strict alternation of consonants and vowels.
In English, the word vowel is commonly used to refer both to vowel sounds and to the written symbols that represent them. A vowel letter (as in A, E, I, O, U, and usually Y.) is used alone or in combination to represent a vowel sound.
The letter Y is almost always a vowel. It is only a consonant around 2.5% of the time.
The ancient Greek alphabet modified the Phoenician consonantal alphabet by adding vowel letters to it.
The English language went through a period where the sound of long vowels changed dramatically, it is known as the Great Vowel Shift and it happened ca. 1350 to 1600.
The Hawaiian alphabet consists of 10 vowels and eight consonants.
Before a vowel, we pronounce "the" as "thee", and before a consonant, we pronounce it "thuh".
Mozambique is the only country in the world with a one-word name that includes all five vowels.
Before a vowel, we pronounce "the" as "thee", and before a consonant, we pronounce it "thuh".
'Anemious' is the word for a plant that grows in windy conditions. It is one of two words that contain all five vowels once each in the right order. The other is 'facetious'.
‘Rhythm’ is the longest English word without vowels.
"Strengths" is the longest English word with only one vowel.
Goran Ivanisevic of Croatia is the only tennis player to win the Wimbledon men's singles (in 2001) whose full name is a strict alternation of consonants and vowels.
No comments:
Post a Comment