2. The ‘long’ sound is like the letter name, and may be a long vowel or actually a diphthong. The ‘short’ sound is NOT like the letter name.

3. ant /æ/ a babytapetapesnailtray aa-eayai Short ‘a’: Long ‘a’ diphthong Sounds like the letter name

4. aar carbanana /ɑ:/ Sounds like the other English letter ‘a’

5. /e/ eea bedbedbread eeaeeeyy/i:/ Forget-me-not meme beachtreekey pony “Long ‘e’ ” sounds like the letter name. “Short ‘e’ ”

6. /e/ eea bedbedbread English “Short ‘e’ ” is the same as one of the BM ‘e’ s. English “Short ‘e’ ” is the same as one of the BM ‘e’ s. There are two phonemes for ‘e’: the sounds /ə/ and /e/ There are two phonemes for ‘e’: the sounds /ə/ and /e/

7. eeaeeeyy/i:/ Forget-me-not meme beachtreekey pony English “Long ‘e’ ” is the same as the BM ‘i’

8. /ı/ i e tintin rocket ii-eigh y / ɑı/ tiger kitekite light fly Long ‘i’: diphthong Sounds like the letter name Short ‘i’:

9. /ɒ//ɒ/ owa frogswan oo-eowew / əʊ/ oa gogoboat notenote snowsew Long ‘o’: diphthong Sounds like the letter name Short ‘o’:

10. Sounds like English “Short ‘o’ ” /ɒ//ɒ/ owa frogswan

11. oo ew ue /u://u:/ moon screw glue u / ʌ/ o busbusglove Long ‘u’: diphthong Sounds like the letter name Short ‘u’:

12. oo / ʊ/ u bookbull In English, it’s another kind of “Short ‘u’ ”.

13. orauawoor / ɔ:/ a forkballsaucesawdoor It’s like a lengthened “Short ‘o’ ”

14. /eə/ airare hairsquare eareer ear deer / ɪə/ /ʊə/ oor moor our tourist ure cure ur jury

15. /ɑʊ/ owou cowhouse /ɔı/ oyoi toycoin

16. erirorur / ɜ:/ fern shirt wormfur This is similar to the second ‘e’ phoneme in BM. In English it is found in stressed syllables and words with one syllable. This is similar to the second ‘e’ phoneme in BM. In English it is found in stressed syllables and words with one syllable.

17. / ə/ eraror ure teachercollardoctor measure aeio u zebragardenfossillion circus In an unstressed syllable the vowel sound is often replaced by ‘schwa’. It is shorter than the similar BM sound.