How many sounds are there in English?

There are 48 phonetic symbols in English, including 20 vowel phonemes and 28 consonant phonemes.

Vowel: (20)

Long vowel /i://? :/ /? :/ /ɑ:/ /u:/

Short vowel/? / / ? / / ? / / ? / / ? / /e/ /？ /

Diphthongs /e? / /a？ / // / / /e？ / // // /a？ /

Consonants: (28)

Unvoiced consonants /p//t//k//f//θ//s/

Voiced consonants /b//d//g//v//? / / z /

Clear consonants/? / /ts/ /t？ / /tr/ / h /

Voiced consonants/? / /dz/ /d？ / /dr/ / r /

Nasal sound /m//n//? /

Semi-vowel /j//w/

Sidetone/？ /

Extended data:

Phonetic symbols are symbols for recording phonemes and writing phonemes. Its principle is that a phoneme is represented by only one phonetic symbol, and a phonetic symbol only represents one phoneme. English is a phonetic symbol, and letters indicate pronunciation. However, English has more than 40 pronunciations, but only 26 letters.

In order to recognize pronunciation accurately, phonetic symbols are introduced, which are called phonetic symbols. There are two kinds of international phonetic symbols: British phonetic symbols (DJ phonetic symbols) and American phonetic symbols (K.K. phonetic symbols).

spelling rules

1 and the letter C usually pronounce /k/ sound (cage), but before the letters E, I and Y, the /s/ sound (ice, city and consistency) is usually weakened.

2. The letter G is usually pronounced as /g/ sound (defender), but it is usually pronounced as /j/ sound (age, giant, gym) before the letters E, I and Y. ..

3. English words don't end with letters I, U, V and J (excluding foreign words).

4. For syllables ending in O, its O usually emits its own O// or sounds as phonetic symbols.