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languages is much greater than the number of consonant letters in any one alphabet... has fewer consonant letters than English has consonant sounds... Consonant as a symbol... s original conception of consonant is inadequate for the universal description of... and the modern conception of consonant does not require cooccurrence with vowels... Each consonant can be distinguished by several... of a consonant is how the... Consonant as a symbol... Consonant as a symbol... Consonant letters in the English alphabet are... W is almost always a consonant except in rare words... where C stands for consonant and V stands for vowel... the distinction between consonant and vowel is not always clear cut...

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