Near-open front unrounded vowel
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Template:CSS IPA vowel chart
Where symbols appear in pairs, the one to the right
represents a rounded vowel.
represents a rounded vowel.
The near-open front unrounded vowel is a type of vowel sound, used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is Template:IPA, and the equivalent X-SAMPA symbol is {. The IPA symbol is the lowercase AE ligature, and both the symbol and the sound are commonly referred to as "ash".
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Features
- Its vowel height is near-open, which means the tongue is positioned similarly to an open vowel, but slightly more constricted.
- Its vowel backness is front, which means the tongue is positioned as far forward as possible in the mouth without creating a constriction that would be classified as a consonant.
- Its vowel roundedness is unrounded, which means that the lips are not rounded.
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Occurs in
- English: (RP, GA and AuE) fat Template:IPA
- Finnish: mäki Template:IPA, 'hill'
- Persian: Template:IPA, 'door'
- Vietnamese: tay Template:IPA, 'arm/hand'de:Ungerundeter fast offener Vorderzungenvokal
es:Vocal semiabierta anterior no redondeada fr:Voyelle basse supérieure antérieure non arrondie ko:전설 비원순 근저모음