Alphabet

A group of 26 letters from A to Z or a group of 44 sounds in English language is called "Alphabet".

Alphabet is divided into two parts.

(i) Vowel

(ii) Consonant

Vowel

Vowel is a part of alphabet in which pronunciation the parts of our mouth do not touch each other.

There are 05 vowel letters or 20 vowel sounds in English.

Vowel Letters :- A, E, I, O, U

Vowel Sounds :-

/ʌ/   —       cut, butter
/aː/  —       park, far

/æ/ —        bat, fan
/ɒ/  —        goggles, fog
/ɔː/ —        more, warn
/ɜː/—         bird, worm
/e/ —        pet, ten
/ə/ —        vendor, monitor
/ɪ/ —        sit, pin
/iː/ —       theme, fleet
/ʊ/ —       cook, put
/uː/ —      flute, boon

/aɪ/ —      fight, write

/aʊ/ —     plough, cow

/eə/ —     their, chair

/əʊ/ —     soak, rodent

/eɪ/ —      fate, pain

/ɪə/ —      here, cheer

/ʊə/ —     poor, sure

/ɔɪ/ —      toy, exploit

Consonant

Consonant is a part of alphabet in which pronunciation the parts of our mouth touch each other.

There are 21 consonant letters or 24 consonant sounds in English.

Consonant Letters :-  B, C, D, F, G, H, J, K, L, M, N, P, Q, R, S, T, V, W, X, Y, Z

Consonant Sounds :-

Sound          Example

/p/  —          pair, cup

/b/ —          bad, crab

/t/  —          tall, hit

/d/  —        dark, head

/k/  —        cab, lack

/g/ —         good, tag

/f/  —        fine, wife

/v/ —        very, above

/θ/ —        thing, both

/ð/ —        this, father

/s/ —        saw, house

/z/ —       zap, goes

/ʃ/ —       shape, push

// —      pleasure, beige

/h/ —      her, ahead

/x/ —      loch

/tʃ/ —     cherry, match

// —      judge, raj

/m/ —     man, team

/n/ —     nail, tan

/ŋ/ —     ring, singer

/l/ —      let, tall

/r/ —     right, scary

/w/ —    wet, away