Near-open vowel (515 bytes)
1: {{Vowels}}
3: ... variants of the fully-open vowels. The near-open vowels identified by the [[International Phonetic Alpha...
5: * [[near-open front unrounded vowel]] [{{IPA|æ}}]
6: * [[near-open central vowel]] [{{IPA|ɐ}}]

Open vowel (579 bytes)
1: {{Vowels}}
3: ...rence to the low position of the tongue. The open vowels identified the [[International Phonetic Alphabet...
5: * [[open front unrounded vowel]] [a]
6: * [[open front rounded vowel]] [{{IPA|ɶ}}]
7: * [[open back unrounded vowel]] [{{IPA|ɑ}}]

Open-mid vowel (642 bytes)
1: {{Vowels}}
3: ... [[open vowel]] and a [[mid vowel]]. The open-mid vowels identified by the [[International Phonetic Alpha...
5: * [[open-mid front unrounded vowel]] [{{IPA|ɛ}}]
6: * [[open-mid front rounded vowel]] [{{IPA|œ}}]
7: * [[open-mid central unrounded vowel]] [{{IPA|ɜ}}]

Near-open central vowel (1305 bytes)
1: {{Vowels}}
17: The '''near-open central vowel''' is a type of [[vowel]] sound, used in some [[speech|spoken]] [[languag...
20: Features of this vowel:
21: ...s the tongue is positioned similarly to an [[open vowel]], but slightly more constricted.
22: ...ed halfway between a [[front vowel]] and a [[back vowel]].

Open front rounded vowel (1204 bytes)
1: {{Vowels}}
17: The '''open front rounded vowel''' is a type of [[vowel]] sound, used in some [[speech|spoken]] [[languag...
20: Features of this vowel:
21: * Its [[vowel height]] is [[open vowel|open]], which means the tongue is positioned as f...
22: * Its [[vowel backness]] is [[front vowel|front]], which means the tongue is positioned as ...

Open back unrounded vowel (1901 bytes)
1: {{Vowels}}
17: ...ed version of this vowel, the [[open back rounded vowel]].
19: Features of this vowel:
20: * Its [[vowel height]] is [[open vowel|open]], which means the tongue is positioned as f...
21: * Its [[vowel backness]] is [[back vowel|back]], which means the tongue is positioned as f...

Open back rounded vowel (1731 bytes)
1: {{Vowels}}
17: ... version of this vowel, the [[open back unrounded vowel]].
19: Features of this vowel:
20: * Its [[vowel height]] is [[open vowel|open]], which means the tongue is positioned as f...
21: * Its [[vowel backness]] is [[back vowel|back]], which means the tongue is positioned as f...

Open front unrounded vowel (1138 bytes)
1: {{Vowels}}
17: ...e '''open front unrounded vowel''' is a type of [[vowel]] sound, used in some [[speech|spoken]] [[languag...
20: Features of this vowel:
21: * Its [[vowel height]] is [[open vowel|open]], which means the tongue is positioned as f...
22: * Its [[vowel backness]] is [[front vowel|front]], which means the tongue is positioned as ...

Near-open front unrounded vowel (1453 bytes)
1: {{Vowels}}
17: ...near-open front unrounded vowel''' is a type of [[vowel]] sound, used in some [[speech|spoken]] [[languag...
19: Features of this vowel:
20: ...s the tongue is positioned similarly to an [[open vowel]], but slightly more constricted.
21: * Its [[vowel backness]] is [[front vowel|front]], which means the tongue is positioned as ...

Open-mid back unrounded vowel (1416 bytes)
1: {{Vowels}}
17: ...''open-mid back unrounded vowel''' is a type of [[vowel]] sound, used in some [[speech|spoken]] [[languag...
20: Features of this vowel:
21: ...ned halfway between an [[open vowel]] and a [[mid vowel]].
22: * Its [[vowel backness]] is [[back vowel|back]], which means the tongue is positioned as f...

Open-mid front rounded vowel (1238 bytes)
1: {{Vowels}}
17: ...'open-mid front unrounded vowel''' is a type of [[vowel]] sound, used in some [[speech|spoken]] [[languag...
19: Features of this vowel:
20: ...ned halfway between an [[open vowel]] and a [[mid vowel]].
21: * Its [[vowel backness]] is [[front vowel|front]], which means the tongue is positioned as ...

Open-mid front unrounded vowel (1303 bytes)
1: {{Vowels}}
17: ...'open-mid front unrounded vowel''' is a type of [[vowel]] sound, used in some [[speech|spoken]] [[languag...
19: Features of this vowel:
20: ...ned halfway between an [[open vowel]] and a [[mid vowel]].
21: * Its [[vowel backness]] is [[front vowel|front]], which means the tongue is positioned as ...

Open-mid central unrounded vowel (1189 bytes)
1: {{Vowels}}
17: ...pen-mid central unrounded vowel''' is a type of [[vowel]] sound, used in some [[speech|spoken]] [[languag...
20: Features of this vowel:
21: ...ned halfway between an [[open vowel]] and a [[mid vowel]].
22: ...ed halfway between a [[front vowel]] and a [[back vowel]].

Open-mid central rounded vowel (1166 bytes)
1: {{Vowels}}
17: ...'open-mid central rounded vowel''' is a type of [[vowel]] sound, used in some [[speech|spoken]] [[languag...
20: Features of this vowel:
21: ...ned halfway between an [[open vowel]] and a [[mid vowel]].
22: ...ed halfway between a [[front vowel]] and a [[back vowel]].

Open-mid back rounded vowel (1434 bytes)
1: {{Vowels}}
17: ... '''open-mid back rounded vowel''' is a type of [[vowel]] sound, used in some [[speech|spoken]] [[languag...
20: Features of this vowel:
21: ...ned halfway between an [[open vowel]] and a [[mid vowel]].
22: * Its [[vowel backness]] is [[back vowel|back]], which means the tongue is positioned as f...

Vowel (15300 bytes)
2: ...lable, and by that criterion these sounds ''are'' vowels, but usually sounds that can form the nucleus of...
4: ==Vowel qualities==
5: [[Image:Ipa-chart-vowels.png|thumb|300px|Vowel space has many dimensions. The three most signif...
7: ...There are however still more possible features of vowel quality.
10: ... Phonetic Alphabet]] identifies seven different [[vowel height]]s, although no known language distinguish...

Vowel dimension (1196 bytes)
1: A '''vowel dimension''' is an aspect of a [[vowel]]'s pronunciation, involving a phonological or ph...
3: .... (Some languages, though, distinguish [[vertical vowel system]]s, which are usually based around a contr...
5: ...n that these dialects exhibit a three-dimensional vowel system, with non-binary oppositions in each direc...
7: See also: [[vertical vowel system]]

Vowel length (6228 bytes)
1: ...ittle importance in [[English language|English]], vowel length can be an important [[phonemic]] factor in...
3: ...nd [[Wichita language|Wichita]] distinguish three vowel lengths.
5: ==Long vowels in English==
6: Vowel length, when applied to English, has several diff...
8: ...h the "long" vowels being tenser than the "short" vowels.

Vowel harmony (6262 bytes)
3: ...|roundedness]] or [[front vowel|frontness]]. Some vowels may be considered neutral, i. e. belonging to al...
5: ... (main) vowel in the root requires that the other vowels (in inflectional and derivational affixes) be ad...
9: ...Altaic]] languages. Some have speculated that the vowel harmony of the northwestern [[Finno-Ugric languag...
26: ...tains only neutral vowels, its suffices use front vowels, e.g. when ''-lla/-llä'' is added to ''kieli'', ...
28: ...ouble pronouncing foreign words which do not obey vowel harmony. For example, ''olympia'' is pronounced '...

Nasal vowel (1065 bytes)
1: A '''nasal vowel''' is a [[vowel]] that produced with a lowering of the [[velum]] ...
3: ...istinction between nasal and [[oral vowel]]s (all vowels are considered phonemically oral).
5: ...e, except the vowel in ''saint'' is nasal and the vowel in ''sait'' is oral.
7: ...it is commonly the case that there are less nasal vowels than oral ones. This appears to be caused by the...

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