How many vowels are there in British English?

There are five vowel letters. They are 'a' , 'e' , ' i' , 'o' and 'u'. Yet 'y' and 'w' are considered as vowel sound letters

Oh, this is the first time I know that English has more than one nationality :). I know of the5 vowels of English. But I expect anyhting from the British. Did they add more vowels to the language? It must be James Bond and his accessory must be M. I knew they were up to something ! :)

Many thanks for your question indeed!

Well, we have got about20 vowel sounds in British English.  In fact, you can get a wealth of information about his via the following link, which is my cup of tea :) :

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/grammar/pron/sounds/

Best wishes,

Mohammad Musaab Wazzan

MA in ELT/TEFL

Vowels proper in Engish are A, E, I, O, U and sometimes Y.  In words like sky, by, fly the Y acts as the vowel; of the450000 words approx in the English language words must have to have a vowel.  There are always exception to the rules but I can't think of1 at present.

Well, basically there are5 vowels (a,e,i,o,u) and some times we consider the letter (y) as a vowel. but while comparing between American & British English,we can say that American speakers have about16 vowels, and British speakers have about20 vowels,

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there are only5 vowels in English language. these are A O I U E. I must emphasize, that Y is not a vowel. 

6 vowels , a e I u o y, no more.