Close Front Unrounded Vowel

The close front unrounded vowel is a type of Vowel sound, used in some Spoken Language s. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is , and the equivalent X-SAMPA symbol is i.

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Its Vowel Height is Close , which means the tongue is positioned as close as possible to the roof of the mouth without creating a constriction that would be classified as a Consonant .

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 spread.

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The vowel {Link without Title} is a very common vowel. It occurs Phonemically in almost all languages with three or more vowels, and phonetically it probably occurs in every language. For example:

Dutch : ''biet''

, GA and AuE ) ''beet''

Faroese : ''il'' , '(foot)soal', '''''y'''lur'',

French : ''fini'' , 'finished'

German : ''Ziel'' , 'goal'

Hungarian : ''ív'' , 'arch'

Icelandic : ''líka'' , 'also'

Italian : ''qui'' , 'here'

Portuguese : ''li'' , 'I read'

Polish : i , 'and'

Spanish : ''tipo'' , 'type'

Swedish : ''is'' , 'ice'

Vietnamese : ''ty'' , 'bureau'

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Close Front Unrounded Vowel