What sounds are not found in the English language?

Then we have the Pirahã language with its two sounds not found in English (and many other languages). The first one is [ ɺ̼ ] a voiced apical labial lateral tap and the second one is the [t̪͡ʙ̥] a voiceless alveolar bilabially trilled affricate. read more

The "sounds" of languages are called "phonemes" and we are masters of the phonemes of our native languages. I studied arabic and it has several phonemes not present in the English language such as the "ayn" "khaa" and "ghayn," just to name a few. read more

For example, the English word through consists of three phonemes: the initial "th" sound, the "r" sound, and an "oo" vowel sound. Notice that the phonemes in this and many other English words do not always correspond directly to the letters used to spell them (English orthography is not as strongly phonemic as that of many other languages). read more

The smallest unit of sound that can be altered to change the meaning of a word is called a phoneme . In English, for example, the words gin, kin, pin, sin, tin, and win all have different meaning due to the fact that the initial sound, or phoneme, is different. Phonemes do not have meaning by themselves. read more