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Middle Class Characters'A is for Apple'
Beginning
Syllable Sound Ending
Syllable Sound Character influence -- as a
percentage of the 3500 syllables found in the course. Sound files gaw gai - chicken G K 511 syllables -- 14.2% jaw jahn - plate J T 134 syllables -- 3.7% daw chahdah - dancer's headpiece D T 7 syllables -- 0.1% dtaw padtahk - goad Dt T 4 syllables -- 0.1% daw dehk - child D T 331 syllables -- 9.2% dtaw dtow - turtle Dt T 261 syllables -- 7.2% baw bai mai - leaf B P 299 syllables -- 8.3% bpaw bplah - fish Bp P 210 syllables -- 5.8% aw ahng * - basin silent silent 606 syllables -- 16.8% * This Middle Class character is used both as a vowel and as a consonant.
As a consonant it is always silent and is used only to back up vowels (which can never stand alone).