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英語にもアイウエオがあるの?<英語版>

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Dear Readers,
Have you ever listened to the sound of water filling up a bottle? It makes a funny noise, doesn’t it?
Something amazing happens – the sound changes as the bottle fills up. The sounds are like vowels: u-o-a-e-i. Isn’t that interesting? Some people say that Newton, the famous scientist, noticed this when he was a student.
This made me think about something: all languages have vowels like these! In Japanese, we have う、お、あ、え、い (u, o, a, e, i). Spanish has similar vowels too. Even English, which has many different vowel sounds, uses these basic vowel types.
Here’s what I think: Our mouth and throat are like an empty bottle! This might explain why all languages use similar vowels. While different languages can use different words to mean the same thing (like “neko” in Japanese and “cat” in English), the basic vowel sounds we can make might be limited by how our mouth and throat work – just like how a bottle can only make certain sounds.
What do you think about this idea? Language is full of surprises, isn’t it? I hope to share more interesting things about language with you next time.
Best wishes, Jiro
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