The latest discovery is that elements of their vocals function in a way that’s fascinatingly similar to human vowels, making ...

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How many vowels does English have? Five, right? A, E, I, O, U. Oh, and sometimes Y. So, six? Actually, English has at least 14 different vowel sounds and, depending on the speaker and dialect, maybe ...

Most of us learnt that ‘a’ goes before consonants and ‘an’ before vowels – and most of us were only half-right. This Learning ...

Learn about the long i vowel sound. Learn about the long i vowel sound and the different spelling patterns that make the long i sound. Then, research and write about how parents and their babies are ...

The old vowels are ’oot’: Canadians are changing how we speak, though none of us are noticing. Linguists might know why. Out with “oot.” No more “aboot.” Canada is talking with a New Speak. In a ...

Listen closely to those baboon calls. They may tell you a thing or two about human speech. Scientists who studied baboons’ wahoos, yaks, barks and other vocalizations have found evidence of five vowel ...