Introduction to Phonetics


Define Phonetics ?
            

               Phonetics is the branch of linguistics that deals with the speech sound of a particular language. It focus on the production and classification of speech sounds. There are 44 phonemes in English. They are divided into two. They are Consonants(24) and Vowels(20).




Phonetic Chart that explains Consonants and Vowel Sounds

 




 





How to pronounce the 20 Vowel Sounds (youtube link is given below)


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XlSeYt6PN6s   (Monothongs)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4Q1QN-SFCM   (Dipthongs)

                                             or

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_xxzG72v7Q




How to pronounce the 24 Consonant Sounds (youtube link is given below)


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ergntBoeAHM   (Consonants)

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5t_CACR3J3I


                                   

  

             

                




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