The letter Y is considered a vowel when:

Appearing alone as a word, the letter ⟨y⟩ is a grammatical conjunction with the meaning “and” in Spanish and is pronounced /i/. The letter is called i/y griega, literally meaning “Greek I”, after the Greek letter ypsilon, or ye.

CHALDEAN NUMEROLOGY CHART (improved)

Numerology considers all other letters to be consonants, except the letter Y. When the letter serves as a vowel, and in fact sounds like one, it is a vowel. The same is true when the Y serves as the only vowel in the syllable. Examples of both of these cases are such names as Lynn, Yvonne, Mary, Betty, Elly, and Bryan.

In such cases, the letter y is pronounced as either the long vowel e or short or long i (usually as a long i when ending a word)—and, for all intents and purposes, it is a vowel. But its consonant sound is unique, and that seems to be why y is more often considered to be a consonant and only “sometimes” a vowel.

1. there is no other vowel in the word:
2. the Y is after a consonant at the end of a word:
3. the Y is after a vowel at the end of a word.
4. the Y is at the end of a syllable:
5. the Y is in the middle of a syllable:
6. When the letter Y is at the start of word it produces a distinctive Y sound.

Y next to only consonants, Y = likely a vowel. The only exception to this rule that I can think of offhand is “eye”, where is is surrounded by vowels but is also a vowel.

In general terms, a consonant is a speech sound formed by some kind of constriction or impeding of air flow through the vocal tract, and a vowel lets the air flow freely through. The letter Y can stand for either of these types of sounds. In “yes,” Y is representing a consonant, and in “gym” it is representing a vowel.

If Y is on the beginning of the word, is considered a consonant, if it is on the middle is considered a vowel. …

• this, feather, then.
• /ng/ ng, n.
• sing, monkey, sink.
• /sh/ sh, ss, ch, ti, ci.
• ship, mission, chef, motion, special.
• /ch/
• ch, tch. chip, match.
• /zh/

The English language has twenty vowels: /ɪ, iː, e, æ, a:, ɒ, ɔː, ʊ, u:, ʌ, ɜː, ə, ɪə, eə, ʊə, eɪ, aɪ, ɔɪ, əʊ, aʊ/.

When the vocal cords vibrate fully while pronouncing consonant sound that consonant is called voiced.

• /b/ bit, clubs, job.
• /d/ day, ladder, lid.
• /g/ get, eggs, bag.
• /v/ view , heavy, move.
• /ð/ this, other, clothe.
• / ʒ / pleasure, vision.
• /dʒ/ judge , age, large.
• / z / zoo, buzzed, lose.

English has fifteen vowel sounds represented by the letters a, e, i, o, and u. The letters y, w and gh are also commonly used in vowel sound spellings.

14 vowel sounds

A vowel is a syllabic speech sound pronounced without any stricture in the vocal tract. In English, the word vowel is commonly used to refer both to vowel sounds and to the written symbols that represent them (e.g. a, e, i, o, u, and sometimes y).

These letters are vowels in English: A, E, I, O, U, and sometimes Y. It is said that Y is “sometimes” a vowel, because the letter Y represents both vowel and consonant sounds. In the words cry, sky, fly, my and why, letter Y represents the vowel sound /aɪ/.

Counting vowels With our revised definition, there are at least 14 vowel sounds that are common to almost all English dialects: These are the sounds in the words BEAT, BIT, BAIT, BET, BAT, BOT, BUTT, BOOT, BITE, BOUT, and BERT. There’s also the vowel in PUT, the vowel in BOYS, and a vowel called schwa.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. AEIOU may refer to: a, e, i, o, u, a traditional list of vowel letters in the Roman alphabet.

The short vowels can represented by a curved symbol above the vowel: ă, ĕ, ĭ, ŏ, ŭ. The long vowels can be represented by a horizontal line above the vowel: ā, ē, ī, ō, ū. Here are some examples of short vowel words: at, egg, it, ox, up. Here are some examples of long vowel words: ate, each, ice, oak, use.

A monophthong (/ˈmɒnəfθɒŋ/ or /ˈmɒnəpθɒŋ/ Greek μονόφθογγος from μόνος “single” and φθόγγος “sound”) is a pure vowel sound, one whose articulation at both beginning and end is relatively fixed, and which does not glide up or down towards a new position of articulation.

a, e, i, o, and u. Many languages have pure vowels, when the tongue and lips are relatively stationary while these vowels are being pronounced. But many of the vowels in English are not pure.

All vowels can be divided into two main categories: diphthongs and monophthongs. Diphthongs are gliding vowels in the articulation of which there is a continuous transition from one position to another.

Vowel Sounds

• Vowel Sounds.
• Monophthongs. /i:/ /ɪ/ /e/ /æ/ /a:/ /ɒ/ /ᴐ:/ /ʊ/ /u:/ /ʌ/ /ɜ:/ /ə/
• Diphthongs. /ɪə/ /ʊə/ /eə/ /eɪ/ /ɔɪ/ /aɪ/ /aʊ/ /əʊ/

Depending on your accent, you may use up to 8 diphthongs in English pronunciation, and here they are, in rough order of popularity:

• EYE /aɪ/ Audio Player.
• A /eɪ/ Audio Player.
• OH /əʊ/ Audio Player.
• OW /aʊ/ Audio Player.
• AIR /eə/ Audio Player.
• EAR /ɪə/ Audio Player.
• OY /ɔɪ/ Audio Player.

In languages with phonemically short and long vowels, diphthongs typically behave like long vowels, and are pronounced with a similar length. In languages with only one phonemic length for pure vowels, however, diphthongs may behave like pure vowels.

three triphthongs