Learn vowel sounds through anchor charts and songs to differentiate long and short vowels effectively.

The Thai writing system is an enigma of complexity, blending tradition with practical challenges. While it isn't the hardest to learn (a title that likely belongs to Chinese), Thai offers a ...

When creating a new writing system, the approach often depends on the language's unique structure. For instance, many people might assume that writing should mirror speech directly, and thus create an ...

A schematic comparing the vocal qualities of certain baboon calls (orange ellipses) with selected vowel sounds of American English, where the phonetic symbols / i æ ɑ ɔ u / represent the vowels ...

This is the fourth of five long vowel programmes in our series of videos that explore the sounds of English.

Frank R. Blake, The Development of Symbols for the Vowels in the Alphabets Derived from the Phoenician, Journal of the American Oriental Society, Vol. 60, No. 3 (Sep., 1940), pp. 391-413 ...

Bruce Bovee of Allen said he likes to play a game when he’s driving. He will look at the license plates that pass him on his commute and try to make words from their letters.“I was looking at ...

DUNNELLON, Fla., April 22, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- "A,E,O,U"–these are the vowels the dolphin, Zeus, made that grabbed the attention of lead researcher Jack Kassewitz and led to this groundbreaking ...