Table of Contents. 1  1899â1913: Defending U.S. International Interests. 2  The Philippine-American War, 1899â1902. 3  Secretary of State John Hay and the Open Door in China, 1899â1900. 4  Japanese-American Relations at the Turn of the Century, 1900â1922. 5  Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine, 1904.
Making the world better, one answer at a time. There are 21 consonants in the alphabet including y. Vowels are considered to be: a, e, i, o, u There are 26 letters in the alphabet. 26 - 5 (letters considered to be vowels) = 21.
The modern English alphabet is similar or identical to the alphabets used in most European countries. As opposed to the Spanish alphabet, the English alphabet is not completely phonetic. English has more phonemes than Spanish, as a result of borrowing sounds and words from many different languages. The English alphabet uses combinations of letters to represent phonemes.