Near-back_vowel Near-back_vowel

Near-back vowel - Definition and Overview
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 near-back vowel is a type of vowel sound used in some spoken languages. The defining characteristic of a near-back vowel is that the tongue is positioned as in a back vowel, but slightly further forward in the mouth. The near-back vowel identified by the International Phonetic Alphabet is:

Example Usage of Near-back
FOXBaltimore: Essex Water Main Break: Crews continue working on a broken water main in Essex. The 12-inch main near Back River nec... http://bit.ly/iS25R
DB_LLF: @THAGIFTFROMGOD YEA THAT NIGGA CHRIS IS DAM NEAR BACK.. BUT THAT NIGGA TREY SONGZ DEF TOOK THAT NIGGA SHINE WHILE HE HAD HIS CHANCE
FOXBaltimore: Essex Water main Break : Crews continue working on a broken water main in Essex. The 12-inch main near Back Riv.. http://bit.ly/iS25R
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