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Consonant Cluster or Digraph?

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Consonant Cluster Or Digraph?

Source: A Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics, 6th ed. by David Crystal (2008)

Consonant Clusters

Digraphs

Digraphs are graphemes in which two adjacent letters function as a single unit, usually pronounced as a single "sound." Trigraphs have three adjacent letters. Common examples include:

Consonant clusters are any sequence of adjacent consonants. Not all combinations are possible in English. Common examples include:

Trigraph<igh><ugh> <tch>

Consonant<sh><th> <ch> <ph> <wh> <kn> <wr> <dg>

Vowel<ai><ay> <ea> <ee> <oa> <oi> <oo> <ou> <ow> <oy>

Beginningbl cl fl gl pl sl br cr dr fr gr pr tr sc sk sm sn sp st sw spl shr spr squ str

Ending ld lf lk lp mp nd nt sk sp st

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