Back_vowel Back_vowel

Back vowel - Definition and Overview
Related Words: Allophone, Alveolar, Apical, Articulation, Aspiration, Assimilated, Assimilation, Back, Bilabial, Central, Cerebral, Check, Consonant, Dental, Diphthong, Dissimilation
Vowels
front near-front central near-back back
close i • y ɨ • ʉ ɯ • u
near-close ɪ • ʏ ʊ
close-mid e • ø ɘ • ɵ ɤ • o
mid ə
open-mid ɛ • œ ɜ • ɞ ʌ • ɔ
near-open æ ɐ
open a • ɶ ɑ • ɒ
Table of vowels
List of vowels
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A back vowel is a type of vowel sound used in some spoken languages. The defining characteristic of a back vowel is that the tongue is positioned as far back as possible in the mouth without creating a constriction that would be classified as a consonant. The back vowels identified by the International Phonetic Alphabet are:

See also: List of phonetics topics

Example Usage of vowel
YourSpott: http://twitpic.com/okvx5 - Vanna Can I Get A vowel
megaphoneMusic: @JamesonBoyce were you trying to buy a vowel dude? If so, it's a "u". And it's very expensive.
rentcycle: I'd like to rent a vowel http://post.ly/BvKR
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