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a,e,i,o,and u are vowels. Sometimes y, when is it used as a vowel? s used as a vowel?

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  • 1 decade ago
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    my, try

  • 1 decade ago

    the reason for y is because when you add es the y change to i ......

    The name "vowel" is often used for the symbols used for representing vowel sounds in a language's writing system, particularly if the language uses an alphabet. In the Latin alphabet, the vowel letters are A, E, I, O, U, and Y; in addition, extensions of the Latin alphabet have independent vowel letters such as Ä, Ö, Ü, Å, Æ, and Ø. The phonetic values vary by language, and some languages use I and Y for the consonant [j], e.g. initial I in Romanian and initial Y in English. Some languages using the Latin alphabet may use other letters to represent vowel sounds: for example, in Welsh, the letter W stands for [u] or [ʊ], while in Creek the letter V stands for [ə].

    There is not necessarily a direct one-to-one correspondence between the vowel sounds of a language and the vowel letters. Many languages that use a form of the Latin alphabet have more vowel sounds than can be represented by the standard set of five vowel letters. In the case of English, the five primary vowel letters can represent a variety of vowel sounds.

    Other languages cope with the limitation in the number of Latin vowel letters in similar ways. Many languages, like English, make extensive use of combinations of vowel letters to represent various sounds. Other languages use vowel letters with modifications, e.g. Ä in Finnish, or add diacritical marks to vowels, such as accents or umlauts, to represent the variety of possible vowel sounds. Some languages have also constructed additional vowel letters by modifying the standard Latin vowels in other ways, such as æ or ø that are found in some of the Scandinavian languages. The International Phonetic Alphabet has a set of 28 symbols to represent the range of basic vowel qualities, and a further set of diacritics to denote variations from the basic vowel.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    not s but sometimes h is treated as a vowel.

    Source(s): an honest person told me.
  • 1 decade ago

    Y is usually hardly used, but it is in rhythm and Lynyrd Skynyrd. I don't understand that part about S though...

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  • 1 decade ago

    MY Try Cry Fly Why

  • 1 decade ago

    Sky, fry, pry

  • 1 decade ago

    Please please please PLEASE learn some English.

    That just ticks me off. Sorry people, I had to vent somewhere.

    I realize English is a tough language, but don't abuse it so that it's hard to read!!!

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