Near-open Front Unrounded Vowel

The near-open 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 {. The IPA symbol is the lowercase AE Ligature , and both the symbol and the sound are commonly referred to as "ash".

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Its Vowel Height is Near-open , which means the tongue is positioned similarly to an Open Vowel , but slightly more constricted.

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 not rounded.

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, GA and AuE ) ''fat''

Finnish : ''mäki'' , 'hill'

Norwegian : ''lærer'' , 'teacher'

Persian : , 'door'

Vietnamese : ''tay'' , 'arm/hand'

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Near-open Front Unrounded Vowel