terminology for phonetcis / lingustics

[riceball72]

Hi
I am hoping someone can help. I want to confirm the terminology used in
American english for the following:

diagraphs - eg - sh, ch, ck, ph -
I can't find an entry for this in any dictionary - is this term used for these sounds / combinations?

dipthongs - a combination of vowel sounds or vowel letters

double consonants - eg ll, ss...
consonant clusters - eg. br, dr...

vowel diagraphs and dipthongs - eg ee, ai, oa, ou...

long vowels - eg a, i, o ...

short vowel + r - eg ar, er .....

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[j4mes_bond25]

Originally Posted by riceball72

Hi

How do you do ???

Originally Posted by riceball72

I am hoping someone can help.

Let me try my best & see if I could satisfy your requirements here.

I want to confirm the terminology used in
American english for the following:
diagraphs - eg - sh, ch, ck, ph -
I can't find an entry for this in any dictionary - is this term used for these sounds / combinations?

Originally Posted by riceball72

dipthongs - a combination of vowel sounds or vowel letters

It's a combination of "vowel sounds" & NOT the "vowel letters". For example, vowel "letters" are "a, e, i, o & u" (& at times, letter "y", as well) but the vowel "sounds" for these letters are different since
>> you produce the sound of "e AND I" when saying the letter "a"
>> you produce the sound of "I" when saying the letter "e"
>> you produce the sound of "a AND I" when saying the letter "i"
>> you produce the sound of "@ AND U" (in British English) OR "o AND U" when saying the letter "o"
>> you produce the sound of "y AND u" when saying the letter "u"

Now, in the word "sound", the vowel letter is "o and u" but you DO NOT produce the sound of "o", but you say the sound of "a and u" instead. This is dipthong i.e. the occurence of two vowels immediately.

Originally Posted by riceball72

consonant clusters - eg. br, dr...

I wonder how do you mean by terminology, since this is what it's called i.e. "consonant clusters" i.e. a group of consonants which have no intervening vowel

Originally Posted by riceball72

vowel diagraphs and dipthongs - eg ee, ai, oa, ou...

I'm afraid, I didn't get that