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    The English alphabet contains 26 letters but the English language contains 44 sounds, so the number of sounds in a word does not always match the number of letters. The document then provides a table that further breaks down the sounds in English between vowels, diphthongs, and consonants.

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    The English alphabet contains 26 letters but the English language contains 44 sounds, so the number of sounds in a word does not always match the number of letters. The document then provides a table that further breaks down the sounds in English between vowels, diphthongs, and consonants.

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    Sounds of English

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    The English alphabet contains 26 letters but the English language contains 44 sounds, so the number of sounds in a word does not always match the number of letters. The document then provides a table that further breaks down the sounds in English between vowels, diphthongs, and consonants.

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    There are 26 letters in the English alphabet

    but there are 44 sounds in the English


    language. This means that the number of
    sounds in a word is not always the same as
    the number of letters.

    VOWELS
    SHORT

    LONG

    DIPHTHONGS

    CONSONANTS
    VOICED

    VOICELESS

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