Near-close vowel
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Where symbols appear in pairs, the one to the right
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A near-close vowel is a type of vowel sound used in some spoken languages. The defining characteristic of a close vowel is that the tongue is positioned similarly to a close vowel, but slightly less constricted. Near-close vowels sometimes described as lax variants of the fully-close vowels. The near-close vowels identified by the International Phonetic Alphabet are:
- near-close near-front unrounded vowel [[[Template:IPA]]]
- near-close near-front rounded vowel [[[Template:IPA]]]
- near-close near-back rounded vowel [[[Template:IPA]]]fr:Voyelle haute inférieure