Phonology is the sound system of a language, the sounds that are spoken and how they function according to the rules.

There are two types of sounds: consonants, and vowels. Consonants pause/interrupt the steady stream of air coming from the mouth, and are made by diff'rent parts of the mouth. Vowels are made by a steady stream of air. Changing the steady flow produces diff'rent vowel sounds.

Contractions: These are shorter versions of words or phrases made by omitting syllables or sounds, such as cannot = can't. Contractions are not unique to English because German has a whole host of them and Spanish has a few as well. They may vary between dialects in a language. Sometimes two dialects share contractions, and sometimes contractions used in one aren't used in the other.

One will notice that certain words on this website such as diff'rent have apostrophies in non-standard places. I write these certain words this way because this reflects my speech and my accent. When I say the word different, I omit the second syllable, making a contraction.So I write it as diff'rent. Other such words I contract in my speech are coun'y (county), prob'ly (probably), temp'ature (temperature), and may'e (maybe). In some cases, usually I say a word fully, though in some instances I will contract that word. For example is the phrase not enough. I say no' enough.