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* In some cases, unstressed /ə/ before a consonant -> /i/ ('helmet' -> 'awmit') * Post-vocalic /l/ -> /u/ before a consonant, or finally ('milk' -> 'miwk')

'''f''' begins consonant clusters: '''Áfghan, aflôat, frîght, shíft'''.

...[[syllable]]. The [[alphabet]] contains 44 letters: 14 [[vowel]]s and 26 [[consonant]]s, plus 4 "foreign letters": ''q'', ''w'', ''x'' and ''y''. It also has an

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...syllable containing two moras in its ''rhyme'' (the part after the initial consonant-bearing ''onset''), and therefore at least two segments, is 'heavy' and so

...ragment of the ''De analogia'' in the discussion of the double [[Consonant|consonant]].<ref>Sextus Pompeius Festus, ''De Verborum Significatu'' V 108.7–13, ('

after a consonant '''ô''' (rhyming with words in -'''ôe'''), apart from '''tŵo''' (-û) an

It begins consonant clusters: '''émber, ámbling, ámbry, amnêsty, émpty, Húmphrey, ámple,

...her a rhyme is "correct". In English, it is not considered correct if the consonant (or combination of consonants) with which the rhyming syllables begin is th

...2021. </ref>. Although the spoken languages used by the drummers also had consonant and vowel-based "phonemes", the vowels and consonants proved unnecessary fo

...are'' (with that '''r''' silent in [[British English]] finally or before a consonant: ''ah''). ...tish English|British]] and [[Commonwealth English]], it is silent before a consonant, though it significantly affects the pronunciation of the preceding vowel:

'''t''' begins consonant clusters: '''cútback, cátkin, chŏrtle, Wéstminster, trêe, stétson, ou Voiced '''th''': '''the'''/'''thê''' ([[schwa]] before a following consonant, '''ê''' before a following vowel), '''thís, thát, thére, thén, òther

It begins consonant clusters: '''bréad, ábdicate, abhŏr, abjûre, óblong, ábnegate, breâk

Obstruent [[consonant]]s are most typically distinguished by voice, among others. English disting

'''p''' begins consonant clusters: '''ápfelstrudel, plús, apnoêa, hypnôsis, hypnótic, présent,

...[[retroflex]] places of articulation as well as large numbers of [[Liquid consonant|liquids]].

A '''consonant''' is a unit of [[language (general)|language]], defined in [[phonetics]] a

'''j''' does not begin consonant clusters, and the only '''jj''' is in '''hàjj''' (which may also be spelt

...nguage]]. Typically, a syllable consists of a [[vowel]] and at least one [[consonant]], though various combinations are possible, including single vowels. The n ...comply with this ''obligatory onset'' rule, except in cases where another consonant is resyllabified to occupy another's onset position as in, ''hab ich'' 'hav

...''dead''). Unlike '''i''', it can also be a consonant (also called a semi-consonant), and as such it often begins words. The sound is that of the end of the '