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Latest post Tue, May 2 2006 11:40 AM by Forbes. 1 replies.
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Anonymous  +  221663 Mon, 01 May 06 11:10 PM
British English has around 44 sounds (24 Consonants + 7 short vowels + 5 long vowels + 8 diphthongs).

I wonder, how many sounds are there in Standard
(i.e. ignoring any regional variation) French, German, Spanish, Hindi & Chinese ???

Lastly, which language in the world has the least & most sounds in it ???
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Forbes  +  221783 Tue, 02 May 06 11:40 AM
The answer to your question is to be found in The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Language by David Crystal, and no doubt a few other places.
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