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A near-close vowel is a type of Vowel sound used in some spoken Language s. 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:
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