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vowel

In speech, a voiced sound without friction. In the English alphabet the vowels are a, e, i, o, and u; y can represent either a vowel or a semivowel; all other letters are consonants.



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A vowel is that which without impact of tongue or lip has an audible sound.
J is a consonant in English, but some nations use it as a vowel --
At the enunciation of the aspirate, Fuddy-Duddy, the incapable terrapin, came to a dead halt, and before the vowel had died away up the ravine had folded up all his eight legs and lain down in the dusty road, regardless of the effect upon his derned skin.
 
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