vowel in Bengali

vowel in Bengali

What does "vowel" mean?

1. noun A speech sound made with an open vocal tract, without blocking the airflow — the core sound of a syllable.
   "English has far more vowel sounds than it has vowel letters."
2. noun A letter representing a vowel sound — in English, a, e, i, o, u, and sometimes y.
   "The word "rhythm" is unusual because it has no standard vowel letters."

vowel in a sentence

• English has far more vowel sounds than it has vowel letters.
• She practiced pronouncing the long vowel in "beat" versus the short one in "bit."
• The word "rhythm" is unusual because it has no standard vowel letters.

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