British English
The main variety of British English is referred to as Received Pronunciation (RP). In RP, we can define a total of 44 phonemes:
- 12 Monophthongs
- 8 Diphthongs
- 24 Consonants
The vowel phonemes differ from the other varieties of English, for example from American English, to a relatively large extent.
The consonantal phonemes, by contrast, are almost identical with the other varieties of English, yet, their allophonic realization is different in a number of cases.
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