From this link posted in the "any word without a vowel??" thread, it seems that there is no clear definition of what is used as a vowel in the language.
Aside from that fact, it seems that the same letter has many different pronounciations, and some letters in the alphabet have the same pronounciation. For example, the letters q, k, and c can all be pronounced as the c in cat would be pronounced. Another example is, the words "Scroll Lock" in which the same two vowels, the o, both have different pronounciations.
So many people that even write in different scripts bother learning it, but frankly, I think other (non-roman script based) languages have better division of words in their alphabet. For example, I know that there are two different ways of pronouncing k in the Gujarati alphabet, because we don't use an imaginary sound for the letter k, but instead use the actual pronounciation of the word. So the first type of k in the alphabet would be pronounced as the c in cat would be, and the second k would be pronounced with a kh (I can't think of a word that would have that kind of pronounciation at the moment)
I seriously wonder why people bother learning English when it is such a complicated language, when there are many other simpler languages to learn
Aside from that fact, it seems that the same letter has many different pronounciations, and some letters in the alphabet have the same pronounciation. For example, the letters q, k, and c can all be pronounced as the c in cat would be pronounced. Another example is, the words "Scroll Lock" in which the same two vowels, the o, both have different pronounciations.
So many people that even write in different scripts bother learning it, but frankly, I think other (non-roman script based) languages have better division of words in their alphabet. For example, I know that there are two different ways of pronouncing k in the Gujarati alphabet, because we don't use an imaginary sound for the letter k, but instead use the actual pronounciation of the word. So the first type of k in the alphabet would be pronounced as the c in cat would be, and the second k would be pronounced with a kh (I can't think of a word that would have that kind of pronounciation at the moment)
I seriously wonder why people bother learning English when it is such a complicated language, when there are many other simpler languages to learn
