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Contribution:
We (human people) are able to play 163 different sounds.
English just needs 44 sounds from IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet).
SOUNDS:
A. vowels 12:
long vowels 5 + short vowels 7.
B. Diphthongs 8
C. Consonants 24
8 voiceless:
+stops 3 (1 velar) + fricatives 2 + fricative dental 1 + post alveolar 1 + affricative 1.
16 voice:
+stops 3 (1 velar) + fricative 2 + fricative dental 1 + post alveolar 1 + affricative 1.
+nasal sounds 3 + semi-vowels 2 + fricative glottal 1 + partial block 2.
E.g. 1
Illustration with sounds IPA
E.g. 2
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