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Sounds in writing are represented by various symbols known as phonograms, which can be used in combination to denote a specific word or a specific sound within a word. These phonograms are the fundamental units of written language in a phonetic writing system, such as the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA), which is designed to accurately capture the sounds of spoken language. However, in everyday writing systems like English, the letter-sound correspondences are more complex and less consistent, and the same letter or combination of letters can often represent multiple sounds.

For example, in English, the letter “a” can represent the short vowel sound in “cat”, the long vowel sound in “care”, or the Virama sound in “any”. Likewise, the letter “c” can represent the hard “c” sound in “car”, the soft “s” sound in “celery”, or the “ch” sound in ” Charlie