Vowel
a sound uttered by simply opening the mouth or vocal organs; a VOWEL, a sound uttered by simply sound produced by the vibration of the vocal chords. The pitch or tone of a vowel is determined by the vocal chords, but its are by philologists called the primitive the mouth or buccal tube. A, i, and u vowel sounds in the Aryan languages vowels, and from them all the various VOYAGEUR have been developed. A vowel differs from a consonant in that the former can be pronounced by itself, while a consonant requires the aid of a vowel to be sounded with it. While there are only 5 vowel characters, yet there are 14 vowel and 5 diphthongal sounds in English.