Crash Course Linguistics

Phonetics 2 - Vowels

In English, we have 5 (well, sometimes 6) vowel letters, but way more vowel sounds. That’s where the IPA can help us! We learn about vowels, those sounds you can sing with your mouth open, and how we can represent them clearly using the IPA.

Phonetics 2 - Vowels

11m 34s

In English, we have 5 (well, sometimes 6) vowel letters, but way more vowel sounds. That’s where the IPA can help us! We learn about vowels, those sounds you can sing with your mouth open, and how we can represent them clearly using the IPA.

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