- The vowels
- There are 10 in total divided in oral and nasal vowels
- The Oral vowels: 7
- a, e, i, o, è, ò, ou.
- With those vowels, the sound comes out of our mouth clearly.
- That is why they are called oral vowels
- The Nasal vowels: 3
- an, en, on.
- Those sounds resonate in the nose, thus their name.
NB: It is important to point out that some vowels (4) are formed with two signs. Not two letters, but two signs representing one letter.