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Since the letter u takes the form of w it can be called semivowel but the argument goes on and on...
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The sound /w/ is called a semivowel (this term is written as one word, not as two). It can exist in words no matter how they're spelled—the semivowel /w/ is in the word suede, but also in the words wet and one. If you want to describe the different sounds letters can make, I think you just need to use...
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The sound /w/ is called a semivowel (this term is written as one word, not as two). It can exist in words no matter how they're spelled—the semivowel /w/ is in the word suede, but also in the words wet and one. If you want to describe the different sounds letters can make, I think you just need to use a phrase like "non-syllabic U". read less
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In both the words the letter U stands for the sound /w/ as is clear from the transcription of the words : /sweid/ and /pe?gwin/. So as Mitali rightly pointed out the letter U gives aout the the sound of semi vowel /w/.
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In both the words the letter U stands for the sound /w/ as is clear from the transcription of the words : /sweid/ and /pe?gwin/. So as Mitali rightly pointed out the letter U gives out the the sound of semi vowel /w/.
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suede is pronounced as swerd and penguin is pronounced as pengwin.
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The letter U in these words is called semi-vowel, wherein the letter U is pronounced as /w/ .....s/w/ede in suede and peng/w/in in penguin
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U is a character that typically represents a close front rounded vowel. It is classified as a separate letter in several extended Latin alphabets
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