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# 1.2 音素Phonemes
在自然语音中,不可继续分割的组成部分被称为**音素**phonemes。英语的音素分为**元音**和**辅音**。
In natural speech, indivisible sound segments are referred to as *phonemes*. English language categorizes these phonemes into two types: *vowels* and *consonants*.
## 1.2.1 元音Vowels
英语总计约有 20 个**元音**。
English approximately has 20 *vowels*.
元音可以被分为短元音(*short vowels*)和**长元音***long vowels*);与此同时,它们也可以分为**单元音***monophthongs*)和**双元音***diphthongs*)。
Vowels can be classified into *long* and *short* vowels, or alternatively, they can also be grouped as *monophthongs* and *diphthongs*.
| Monophthongs | | Diphthongs |
| ------------ | --------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------- |
| Short vowels | `ʌ`, `e`, `ə`, `ɪ`, `ʊ`, `ɒ` | |
| Long vowels | `ɑː`, `æ`, `əː`, `iː`, `uː`, `ɔː` | `aɪ`, `eɪ`, `ɔɪ`, `aʊ`, `oʊ`, `eə`, `ɪə`, `ʊə` |
## 1.2.2 辅音Consonants
英文大约 28 个辅音。
English approximately has 28 *consonants*.
| Airflow | Voiced or not | Consonants |
| --------- | ------------- | ----------------------- |
| Plosive | Voiceless | `p`, `t`, `k` |
| | Voiced | `b`, `d`, `g` |
| Fricative | Voiceless | `f`, `s`, `θ`, `ʃ`, `h` |
| | Voiced | `v`, `z`, `ð`, `ʒ`, `r` |
| Affricate | Voiceless | `tʃ`, `tr`, `ts` |
| | Voiced | `dʒ`, `dr`, `dz` |
| Nasal | Voiced | `m`, `n`, `ŋ` |
| Lateral | Voiced | `l` |
| Semivowel | | `j`, `w` |