Our vowels are A, E, I, O, U, and oftentimes the letter Y that make those vowels sounds. Sometimes a syllable might have two vowels in it, but they're working together to only make one vowel sound.

LITERARY NEWS ITEM: A 285-page novel, “A Void,” recently translated from French into English, does not contain the letter “E” anywhere in the entire text, either in the original or the translation.

Ask an early-elementary teacher what the recently popularized term “science-based reading instruction” means, and the response is likely to include something about decoding—the process of translating ...

The answer partly depends on whether we are talking about the sounds or letters of vowels and consonants. By mentioning “alphabetic languages”, the questioner is presumably asking why most versions of ...