An Elementary Sound is a simple, distinct sound made by the organs of
speech.
The Elementary Sounds of the English language are divided into Vocals,
Subvocals, and Aspirates.
ELEMENTARY SOUNDS.--VOCALS.
Vocals are sounds which consist of pure tone only. A diphthong is a union
of two vocals, commencing with one and ending with the other.
DIRECTION.--Put the lips, teeth, tongue, and palate in their proper
position; pronounce the word in the chart forcibly, and with the falling
inflection, several times in succession; then drop the subvocal or
aspirate sounds which precede or follow the vocal, and repeat the vocals
alone.
Table of Vocals.
Long Vocals.
Vocal as in Vocal as in
----- ----- ----- -----
a hate e err
a hare i pine
a far o no
a pass u tube
a fall u burn
e eve oo cool
Short Vocals
Vocal as in Vocal as in
----- ----- ----- -----
a mat o hot
e met u us
i it oo book
Diphthongs.
Vocal as in
------ --------
oi, oy oil, boy
ou, ow out,now
REMARK 1.--In this table, the short sounds, except u, are nearly or quite
the same in quality as certain of the long sounds. The difference consists
chiefly in quantity.
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