The wahoos, yaks and barks of baboons contain evidence of five vowel-like sounds – a sign that the physical capacity for speech may have evolved much earlier than scientists thought. News Home Page ...

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 ...

An R-controlled vowel is when a vowel sound does not make a long or a short sound, because of the R. Remember, our vowels that make the vowel sounds are A, E, I, O, U, and oftentimes the letter Y.

However, once the researcher caught on, he realized the vowel sounds were distinct from Zeus' normal dolphin vocalization. "I am convinced that some dolphins, Zeus in particular, are as determined ...

Professor William Labov, a University of Pennsylvania linguist and author of the new book Atlas of North American English Phonetics, Phonology and Sound Change, says there is a shift of vowel ...

THWARTED SPEAKER Macaque monkeys have vocal tracts capable of producing enough vowel sounds to speak English and many other languages, a new study finds.But the monkeys’ brains aren’t up to ...

In the mid-20 th century, the Inland North accent was affected by what’s called the Northern Cities Vowel Shift, which changed the way certain vowel sounds are pronounced unbeknownst to the ...

English bursts with consonants. We have words that string one after another, like angst, diphthong and catchphrase. But other languages keep more vowels and open sounds. And that variability might ...

However, once the researcher caught on, he realized the vowel sounds were distinct from Zeus' normal dolphin vocalization. "I am convinced that some dolphins, Zeus in particular, are as determined ...