Q. What language has most letters?
Khmer
Q. Is Sh A Fricative?
A voiceless palato-alveolar fricative or voiceless domed postalveolar fricative is a type of consonantal sound used in many languages, including English. In English, it is usually spelled ⟨sh⟩, as in ship.
Q. How many Affricates are there in English?
two affricate
Q. What are Approximants in English?
Approximants are speech sounds that involve the articulators approaching each other but not narrowly enough nor with enough articulatory precision to create turbulent airflow. Therefore, approximants fall between fricatives, which do produce a turbulent airstream, and vowels, which produce no turbulence.
Q. What are the 12 Monophthongs?
All these are single pure vowels which are called the monophthongs….Examples of 12 Monophthongs.
| Vowel Sound | Example Words |
|---|---|
| /ʌ/ | But, Up, One, Much |
| /ɑ:/ | Start, Ask, Large, After |
| /ɒ/ | Of, On, From, Not |
Q. How are Approximants made?
Approximant consonant sounds are made by bringing two articulators close together without them touching as sound leaves the body. The result is a smooth, vowel-like sound. All of these approximant sounds are voiced, the vocal cords vibrate as the sound is produced.
Q. Can w be a vowel?
The letter <w> is usually a consonant. It is a vowel only when it teams up with an , , or to spell a single sound—as in the words draw, few, and low. So the letter <w> is a vowel only in the two-letter teams , , and . Everywhere else <w> is a consonant.
Q. Why is a semi vowel?
In phonetics and phonology, a semivowel or glide is a sound that is phonetically similar to a vowel sound but functions as the syllable boundary, rather than as the nucleus of a syllable. Examples of semivowels in English are the consonants y and w, in yes and west, respectively.
