上の二つの記事では、英語の各音声を表す記号を、大きく二つのグループに分けて紹介しました。Vowels（母音）と consonants（子音）です。 母音、子音という言葉は、言語教育では当たり前のように使われていますが、そもそもこれらはどんな音のことで、二 ...

Speech sounds are traditionally divided into consonants and vowels. When only vowels or only consonants are replaced by noise, listeners are more accurate understanding sentences in which consonants ...

These videos show you how to pronounce voiceless consonants in English. These sounds are made without vibrating the vocal chords. This is the eighth of eight voiceless consonant programmes in our ...

To play this video you need to enable JavaScript. This is the sixth of eight voiceless consonant programmes in our series of videos that explore the sounds of English. This is the eighth of eight ...

Hiragana is the basis of the Japanese language. In this issue, we will introduce hiragana. 1、Japanese vowels and consonants This is a table of Hiragana. The Japanese language has five vowels, "aiueo".

NHK’s New Dictionary of Japanese Pronunciation and Accentuation indicates “velar nasal consonant” as pronouncing information. Velar nasal consonants mean slightly nasal sounds for ga, gi, gu, ge, go, ...