which are longer consonants or vowels?

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Which are longer consonants or vowels?

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Which are longer consonants or vowels?

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In practice, and on average, vowel sounds are longer.
But the 'i' in 'bit' is very short; and you can hold an 'm' or 'n' or 's' indefinitely.
 
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