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• Vowel — In phonetics, a vowel is a sound in spoken language, such as English ah! IPA| [ɑː] or oh! IPA| [oʊ] , pronounced with an open vocal tract so that there is no build up of air pressure at any point above the glottis. This contrasts with consonants …   Wikipedia

• Vowel reduction in English — In English, vowel reduction is the centralization and weakening of an unstressed vowel, such as the characteristic change of many vowels at the ends of words to schwa. Stressed vowels cannot be reduced. Reduced vowelsSchwa is the most common… …   Wikipedia

• Vowel dimension — A vowel dimension is an aspect of a vowel s pronunciation, involving a phonological or phonetic feature which is utilised in a language.The basic vowel dimensions are generally viewed as being vowel backness and height; these dimensions are… …   Wikipedia

• Nasal vowel — Nasal ◌̃ ◌̨ IPA number 424 …   Wikipedia

• Vertical vowel system — refers to a system of vowels in a language which requires just one vowel dimension to phonemically distinguish vowels. Theoretically, rounding, frontness and backness, and vowel height could be used in one dimensional vowel systems; however,… …   Wikipedia

• Mid central vowel — The mid central vowel is a type of vowel sound, used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is IPA|ə, and the equivalent X SAMPA symbol is @. The IPA symbol is a turned printed… …   Wikipedia

• Close central rounded vowel — ʉ Image …   Wikipedia

• Mid-central vowel — ə Image …   Wikipedia

• Close front rounded vowel — y Image …   Wikipedia

• Near-close near-front rounded vowel — ʏ Image …   Wikipedia