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Consonant: A basic speech sound in which the breath is at least partly obstructed and which can be combined with a vowel to form a syllable.

Vowel: A speech sound which is produced by comparatively open configuration of the vocal tract, with vibration of the vocal cords but without audible friction, and which is a unit of the sound system of a language that forms the nucleus of a syllable.

Diphtong: A sound formed by the combination of two vowels in a single syllable, in which the sound begins as one vowel and moves toward another (as in coin, loud and side). Often contrasted with monophthong, triphtong.

Kestrel: (ˈkɛstɾɪl)

Philology: The branch of knowledge that deals with the structure, historical development, and relationships of language families; the historical study of the phonology and morphology of languages; historical linguistics.

Crow: [OE. cráwe f., corresp. to OS. krâia, MLG. krâge, krâe, krâ, LG. kraie, kreie, MDu. kraeye, Du. kraai, OHG. chrâwa, chrâja, chrâ, crâwa, MHG. kræe, krâwe, krâ, Ger. krähe; a WG. deriv. of the vb. crâwan, crâian to crow, q.v.] crow, n: cuervo