The sounds of the alphabet

Vowels can be perfectly sounded without a consonant. A consonant can’t be perfectly sounded until joined to a vowel.

Vowels: a, e, i, o, u, sometimes w and y

Consonants are divided into semivowels and mutes.

Semivowels can be imperfectly sounded without a vowel and can extend the sound of a syllable. I’ve added myself the distinction between voiced and unvoiced, which I learned in music school.

Voiced semivowels: j l m n r v w y z soft g

Unvoiced semivowels: f h s x soft c

Liquids: l m n r

Mutes can’t be sounded at all without a vowel and suddenly stop a syllable. Again, I’ve added the distinction of voiced and unvoiced.

Voiced mutes: b d hard g

Unvoiced mutes: k p q t hard c