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A near-open vowel is a type of Vowel sound used in some spoken Language s. The defining characteristic of a near-open vowel is that the tongue is positioned similarly to an Open Vowel , but slightly more constricted. Near-open vowels are sometimes described as ''' Lax ''' variants of the fully-open vowels. The near-open vowels for which separate symbols exist in the International Phonetic Alphabet are: |
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