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English has 44 phonemes, which are categorized into 24 consonants and various vowels. Each consonant phoneme is illustrated with five example words. This classification aids in understanding the distinct units of sound in the English language.

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English Has 44-WPS Office

English has 44 phonemes, which are categorized into 24 consonants and various vowels. Each consonant phoneme is illustrated with five example words. This classification aids in understanding the distinct units of sound in the English language.

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English has 44 phonemes, which are distinct units of sound.

These phonemes can be


categorized into consonants and vowels. Here are the 44 phonemes along with five
examples each:

**Consonants (24):**

1. /p/ - pin, pan, pop, happy, spoon


2. /b/ - bag, ball, book, bubble, rubber
3. /t/ - top, time, ten, butter, basket
4. /d/ - dog, dad, door, bed, cloud
5. /k/ - cat, key, cook, back, think
6. /g/ - go, game, goal, bag, hug
7. /tʃ/ - chair, child, choose, watch, cheese
8. /dʒ/ - jump, job, jar, bridge, giant
9. /f/ - fan, fly, food, leaf, coffee
10. /v/ - van, very, vowel, love, give
11. /θ/ - thin, thumb, math, truth, health
12. /ð/ - they, there, father, breathe, smooth
13. /s/ - sun, soup, save, grass, glass
14. /z/ - zoo, busy, maze, prize, business
15. /ʃ/ - show, shoe, wish, pressure, machine
16. /ʒ/ - television, genre, treasure, pleasure, garage
17. /h/ - house, hat, have, whole, why
18. /m/ - man, mom, moon, game, summer
19. /n/ - no, name, sun, even, rain
20. /ŋ/ - song, think, among, tongue, going
21. /l/ - like, lamp, play, call, always
22. /r/ - run, red, right, bird, sorry
23. /w/ - wet, well, water, flower, away
24. /j/ - yes, young, beautiful, lawyer, yellow

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