15 vowel sounds, 6 short vowels, 7 long vowels, and 2 reduced vowel sounds
Long Vowels- tense vowels
- Beet, bait, boot, boat, boy, bite, bout
Short Vowels-lax vowels
- Pit, pet, pat, putt, put, pot
Reduced Vowels- occur with the unstressed syllables
- Jumping, about