Are any phonemic distinctions not represented in Latin?

1. Are phonemes different in different languages?
2. Is Latin a phonetic language?
3. Was Latin phonetically consistent?
4. Do all languages have the same number of phonemes?

Are phonemes different in different languages?

Different languages vary considerably in the number of phonemes they have in their systems (although apparent variation may sometimes result from the different approaches taken by the linguists doing the analysis).

Is Latin a phonetic language?

Basic rules for pronouncing Latin

Latin is a hightly phonetic language, that is, the word sounds exactly like how it's written.

Was Latin phonetically consistent?

The good news is that Latin is pronounced quite consistently. The sounds are quite easy to reproduce. As a general guide, Latin would have sounded more like modern Spanish or Italian than English. Latin is however spoken with two rather different systems, widely called "Classical" and "Ecclesiastical".

Do all languages have the same number of phonemes?

Linguists estimate that the world's languages use 800-plus phonemes. Any given language will use only a subset of these, typically a few dozen.