Near-front vowel
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Edit - 2× | Front | Near-front | Central | Near-back | Back |
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Where symbols appear in pairs, the one to the right
represents a rounded vowel.
represents a rounded vowel.
A near-front vowel is a type of vowel sound used in some spoken languages. The defining characteristic of a near-front vowel is that the tongue is positioned as in a front vowel, but slightly further back in the mouth. The near-front vowels identified by the International Phonetic Alphabet are: