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THE VOWEL AND THE CONSONANTS Vowels: There are twenty vowels in the English Language. They include twelve pure vowels and eight diphthongs. Pure vowels /i:/ Seat, Cheap, Sheep /i/ sit, chip, ship /e/ set, bread, friend /ᴂ/ Sat, Chat, match /a:/ Far, pass, father /ɔ/ Dog, hot, what /ɔ/ port, Lord, ward /u/ full, pull, would /u:/ fool, pool, coup /Λ/ fun, cut, tongue /ᴈ:/ first, nurse, word /ə/ again, away, forget Diphthongs /ei/ eight, gate, stable /əv/ go, boat, toe /ai/ bite, fight, die /au/ how, south, doubt /ɔi/ boy, oil, toy /iə/ fear, hear, cheer /eə/ fare, hair, bare /əu/ sure, poor, tour Consonants: There are twenty-four consonants in the English Language. They are /p/ People, deep, stipend /b/ ball, debate, mob /t/ take, mistake, boat /d/ do, admit,mad /k/ can, kettle, suck /g/ gun, bag, again /ts/ church, watch, butcher /d ɜ/ judge, joy, bridge /f/ fever, safe, father /v/ voice, revise, involve /θ/ thank, both, thorough / / that, mother, breathe /s/ sun, miss, messenger /z/ zoo, wise, bags /j/ shirt, wish, mission / dɜ/ measure, pleasure, vision /h/ house, hurry, rehearse /m/ man, remember, warm /n/ name, renew, tan /ɳ/ going, doing, tongue /l/ late, little, tibe /r/ write, rat, worry /w/ worry, reward, worship /j/ yam, yes, duty