Table 1 Divisions of phonemes into classes by phonetic similarity.
Number of classes | classes |
|---|---|
3 | vowels, consonants, silence/noise |
8 | monophthongs, diphthongs, approximants, nasals, fricatives, plosives, affricates, silence/noise |
22 | one class/vowel, approximants, nasals, fricatives, plosives, affricates, silence/noise |