What is a digraph?

A digraph is a group of two successive letters whose phonetic value is a single sound.

Here are some examples of digraphs:

• \ea\ in bread
• \ch\ in chat
• \ng\ in sing

• Concept module: digraph
• In overview module: Glossary (Literacy): D
• In modular book: Glossary of literacy terms
• In document collection: Reference materials
• In bookshelf: Literacy

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