Click to hear each symbol and sample word. This interactive phonemic chart contains all 44 sounds used in spoken British English (Received Pronunciation).

Here is a table of English vowels and consonants. To understand linking, it is important to know the difference between vowel sounds and consonant sounds. Pronunciation for learners of English.

To say a vowel, you open your mouth. To say a consonant, you close your mouth, or at least you block the air. Pronunciation for learners of English.

This phonemic chart contains all 44 sounds used in spoken British English (Received Pronunciation). Pronunciation for learners of English.

1 Vowels. A vowel is a speech sound that we make by NOT blocking air as it travels out through the mouth. example vowel sounds: / ɪ / i: / ʊ / u: / e / ɜ: / ə / ɔ: / 2 Consonants. A consonant is a speech sound that we make by blocking air as it travels out through the mouth or nose. We block air by touching together two or more of the lips ...

Short vowel sounds are not held for an extended period, and they usually appear in syllables that are stressed and closed off by a consonant. Long vowels, on the other hand, sound like the letter name and are held longer. The mouth is often more tensed and the tongue is positioned higher.

Five of the letters are "vowels": a e i o u. The remaining twenty-one letters are "consonants". We can write each letter as a "large letter" (capital) or "small letter".

Minimal pairs lists and practice. Minimal pairs are words that vary by only a single sound, be it vowel or consonant. Pronunciation for learners of English.

Linking words is important in English pronunciation. This page shows you how we link vowel endings to vowel beginnings. Pronunciation for learners of English.

consonant sounds formed using both lips, as in /p/ or /b/ close vowel (sometimes called "high" vowel) a vowel sound that is pronounced with the tongue close to the roof of the mouth (but not close enough to constrict the air and make a consonant), as in /i:/ in the word "free" consonant