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⟨al⟩

From Teflpedia

⟨al⟩ is a vowel digraph that occurs in English, consisting of the letters A and L.

This occurs in words mentioned in the table below:

Phoneme(s) Example words Notes
/ɔːl/
  1. also, albeit, already, altogether, always
  2. alderman, bald, halt, salt (also can be /ɒl/).
  1. Those beginning with the prefix related to all.
  2. Syllable ends in /d/ or /t/.
/ɔː(l)/ chalk, stalk, talk, walk Syllable ends with /k/. Have /l/ very reduced, often to nothing.
/ɒl/
  1. alderman bald, halt, salt
  2. squalid, quality, qualify, Walter
  1. Alternative to /ɔːl/ as above.
  2. Due to vowel mutation after /w/
/æl/ Alabama, album, alcohol, Algeria, alkali, alphabet, Balmoral, calculate, malaria, palpable, Ralph (modern pronunciation), plus almond (more modern pronunciation) Stressed. Also include words from Arabic.
/əl/ alarm. Alaska, alert, alive, alone, along, emerald, herald, Donald, Ronald, McDonald, etc. Unstressed.
/ɑ:/ alms, almond (traditional pronunciation), balm, calm, napalm, palm, psalm, qualms Continues with /m/ — except salmon.
/ɑ:l/ finale, tamale Derived from French/Spanish
/æ/ salmon
/eɪ/ Ralph (traditional pronunciation)

There is also related trigraphs ⟨all⟩, and ⟨aul⟩.