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Agreed. Standard American English has, conservatively, 12 vowels—[a] [æ] [e] [i] [ɛ] [ɪ] [o] [ɑ] [u] [ʊ] [ʌ] [ə]— plus a couple diphthongs. If they are using A
by torstenvl 2y ago
Agreed. Standard American English has, conservatively, 12 vowels—[a] [æ] [e] [i] [ɛ] [ɪ] [o] [ɑ] [u] [ʊ] [ʌ] [ə]— plus a couple diphthongs.
If they are using AI, it's not a good one. ChatGPT says: "English has about 14 to 20 vowel sounds, depending on the dialect. Standard American English typically has 14 distinct vowel sounds, while Received Pronunciation (RP) in British English has around 20. This variation occurs because different dialects have different vowel inventories."