ANGLISH SOUNDS

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SOUNDS

ANGLISH SOUNDS -- Anglish is a record of the phonetic sounds of 'spoken' English, not written English.

In the English language there are only 26 letters or characters to use to spell English word sounds.

In Anglish, a system for representing English sounds, as opposed to English spelling, there are 46 basic characters (including capitals), which fairly depict the sounds found in English. The gluttal stop is used by many and this is included [|], together with a vowel extender [»].

On this page you will see representation of 60 sound combinations, which are commonly used in English, around the world. Fifteen of these are so similar that one Anglish character is used.

Each of these 60 sound representations is shown, in categories. And each sound shown can clearly and accurately be shown by using Anglish characters.

The Anglish characters, to be used, are shown in pink, after each representation.

The 13 Single Vowel Sounds

There are distinct and unique sounds made in everyday English, around the world. 'Everyday English' is here deemed to be that English spoken by the masses in intrinsically anglophone populations.

There are 3 separate 'a' sounds; the 'a' sound found in bat, bart and bait.

There are 3 separate 'e' sounds; the 'e' sound found in net, neat and last part of number.

There's only the one 'i' sound, as in pit, bit, sit.

There are 3 unique 'o' sounds; as in rot, root and row.

And there are 3 'u' sounds, heard in gut, good and girl.

The 8 Double Vowel Sounds

There are 8 double vowels sounds in everyday English, these are commonly called 'diphthtongs.'

They can be indentified and remembered by using the ditty;

WAIT GO JOIN MEOW - YOUR FIVE HAIR BEER.

Each diphthong is found in the 8 words of the ditty.

The 24 Consonant Sounds

plus 'Caps Indicator' 'Glottal Stop' and 'Vowel Extender'

All exactly as in everyday English, with the following exceptions.

C = ch Church is shown as CUC in Lingojam.

c is a 'k' sound, like 'cat' or 'cough' [ cough = cof]

k is a 'k' sound, like 'kit' and 'king' [king = kiI]. 'c' and 'k' are interchangeable.

S - sh Sheep is shown as Seep in Lingojam. And ship as Sip.

The 'zh' sound heard in 'pleasure' and 'measure' is rendered as 'Z'

[pleasure = pleZY. measure = meZU. azure = aZY.

The 5 Short Vowel Sounds

The five short vowel sounds in English are a, e, i, o, and u.

short a: and, as, and after a
short e: pen, hen, and lend e
short i: it and in i
short o: top and hop o
short u: under and cup u

The 6 Long Vowel Sounds

The six long vowel sounds in English are a, e, i, o, u, and oo.

long a: make and take A
long e: beet and feet ee
long i: tie and lie F
long o: coat and toe G
long u (pronounced 'yoo' ): music and cute yoo
long oo: goo and droop oo

The R-Controlled Vowel Sounds

An r-controlled vowel is a vowel whose sound is influenced by the r that comes before it. The three r-controlled vowel sounds are ar, er, and or.

ar: bark and dark aa
er: her, bird, and fur E
or: fork, pork, and stork O

Pure Consonant Sounds

The letters c, q, and x are not denoted by unique phonemes because they are found in other sounds.

The c sound is covered by k sounds in words like crust, crunch, and create and by s sounds in words like cereal, city, and cent (the c is found in the spelling of these words only but does not have its own phoneme).

The q sound is found in kw words like backward and Kwanza. The x sound is found in ks words like kicks.

The letters c, q, and x are not denoted by unique phonemes because they are found in other sounds.

The c sound is covered by k sounds in words like crust, crunch, and create and by s sounds in words like cereal, city, and cent (the c is found in the spelling of these words only but does not have its own phoneme).

The q sound is found in kw words like backward and Kwanza. The x sound is found in ks words like kicks.

g: got and girl g
h: has and him h
j: job and joke j
l: lid and love l
m: mop and math m
n: not and nice n
p: pan and play p

r: ran and rake r
s: sit and smile s
t: to and take t
v: van and vine v
w: water and went w
y: yellow and yawn y
z: zipper and zap z

Digraph Sounds

A digraph is formed when two consonants come together to create an entirely new sound that is distinctly different from the sounds of the letters independently.

These can be found anywhere in a word but most often the beginning or end. Some examples of common digraphs are listed below.

ch: chin and ouch C
sh: ship and push S
th: thing T
th: this D
wh: when w
ng: ring I ng-g: ring-g N
nk: rink nk

There are two sounds that th can make. Be sure to provide plenty of examples.

The Blends

Blends are formed when two or three letters combine to create a distinct consonant-sound, often at the beginning of a word.

In a blend, the sounds from each original letter are still heard, they are just blended quickly and smoothly together.

The following are common examples of blends.

bl: blue and blowng: ring bl
cl: clap and close cl kl free choice
fl: fly and flip fl
gl: glue and glove gl
pl: play and please pl
br: brown and break br
cr: cry and crust cr kr free choice
dr: dry and drag dr
gr: great and ground gr
pr: prize and prank pr
tr: tree and try tr
sk: skate and sky sc sk free choice
sl: slip and slap sl
sp: spot and speed sp
st: street and stop st
sw: sweet and sweater sw
spr: spray and spring spr
str: stripe and strap str

Diphthongs and Other Special Sounds

A diphthong is essentially a digraph with vowels.

It is formed when two vowels come together to create a new sound in a single syllable as the sound of the first vowel glides into the second.

These are usually found in the middle of a word.

See the list below for examples.

oi: oil and toy J = Jl and tJ
ow: owl and ouch M = Ml and MC
ey: rain A = rAn

Other special sounds include:

short oo: took and pull uu = tuuk
aw: raw and haul O = rO and hOl
zh: vision Z = viZEn

Anglish records the actual sound of the spoken word, NOT the English spelling changed to Anglish.

Example; the same word spoken in different parts of the world will be spelled differently in Anglish but not in English.

That point emphasizes the huge benefit and simplicity of Anglish.

See more about Anglish on these websites;

LocalEnglishOnline.com

TeachEnglish.Live

and other places.

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