Back Vorderzungenvokal ALS صائت أمامي Arabic Vocal anterior AST Цебесеб рагьараб AV Предна гласна Bulgarian Vogalenn a-raok Breton Vocal anterior Catalan Vorderzungenvokal German Front vowel English Antaŭa vokalo Esperanto
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Vowels beside dots are: unrounded • rounded |
A front vowel is a type of vowel. It is used some spoken languages. Front vowels are in the highest point in the tongue. It is as forwards in the mouth as far as possible. If it were any closer to the mouth, it would be consonant. Front vowels are also sometimes called bright vowels. This is because they are sound brighter than the back vowels.[1]
Near-front vowels are basically a type of front vowel. There is no language where this a different between front and near-front vowels from backness alone.
Rounded front vowels are usually centralized. This means that they are usually near-front in their articulation. This is one of the reasons why they are written to the right of unrounded front vowels in the IPA vowel chart.
- ↑ Tsur, Reuven (February 1992). The Poetic Mode of Speech Perception. Duke University Press. p. 20. ISBN 0-8223-1170-4.