Spanish. Short and Long Vowels
short vowels:
Short vowels a e i o u sn sp st sw str
long vowels:
Long vowels
Color Key
Blue
  • phoneme is similar (or close) in both Spanish and English
  • same grapheme in Spanish and English
Purple
  • phoneme is different in English
  • same grapheme in Spanish and English
Yellow
  • phoneme or grapheme does not exist in Spanish
  • phoneme or sound is substituted when read in English
Pink
  • grapheme is different in English
  • phoneme is similar in Spanish and English
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