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LESSON 1 · Pronunciation Breakthrough

PAUSE TO THINK

Which English sound is the rarest across the world's languages?

The 'th' sound

The dental fricatives in "think" and "this" are among the **rarest sounds** in human language. English, Spanish in Spain, Arabic, and Greek have them, but the vast majority of the world's roughly 7,000 languages do not.

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