English has fifteen vowel sounds represented by the letters a, e, i, o, and u.

English alphabet vowels. B, c is a letter that has no sound but either takes the sound of k or s. More so, a vowel is any sound that a letter makes that is not a consonant sound. The old english alphabet was recorded in the year 1011 by a monk named byrhtferð and included the 24 letters of the latin.

The letters a, e, i, o, and u are called vowels. Five of the letters in the english alphabet are vowels: According to phoneticians, a vowel is a speech sound that is made without significant constriction of the flow of air from the lungs.

Other english accents will have a slightly different number of vowel sounds, but generally speaking, english has around 20 distinct vowel phonemes. K as in can and s as in rice. There are 26 letters in the english alphabet.

This table shows english vowel sounds with ipa symbols ( international phonetic alphabet) and standard symbols ( std ). The words in parentheses represent the ipa. Of those 26, 5 are vowels:

A, e, i, o, u. D, e is another vowel. There is a debate over whether y is a vowel or a consonant.

The names used for english vowel sounds are called: G as in good or a 'hard' g. Celebrate theodore seuss geisel's birthday!