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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. Contrasted with vowel . • a letter representing a consonant. (From The Oxford Dictionary of English (2nd edition revised) in English Dictionaries & Thesauruses)

 

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. ... (From The Oxford Dictionary of English (2nd edition revised) in English Dictionaries & Thesauruses)

 

DIPHTHONG: A sound formed by the combination of two vowels in a single syllable, in which the sound begins as one vowel and moves towards another (as in coin , loud , and side ). Often contrasted with monophthong , triphthong . • a digraph representing the sound ... (From The Oxford Dictionary of English (2nd edition revised) in English Dictionaries & Thesauruses)

 
 
 

The pronunciation of “kestrel”: {sm}k{ope}str{shti}l

The main definition of  “philology” in English:  Love of learning and literature; the branch of knowledge that deals with the historical, linguistic, interpretative, and critical aspects of literature; literary or classical scolarship. Now chiefly U.S.

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

The translation of crow into Spanish is: Cuervo