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 backness (550 bytes)
1: ...ck vowel and a higher F2 corresponding to a front vowel.
3: ...ic Alphabet]] identifies 5 different degrees of [[vowel backness]], although no known language distinguis...
5: *[[front vowel]]
6: *[[near-front vowel]]
7: *[[central vowel]]

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]]

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}}]

Vowel stems (1534 bytes)
1: ...ns that the stems of these words end in a ''theme vowel'' that appears in, or at least influences, the [[...
3: ...he Latin verb: the first [[conjugation]] contains vowel stems with ''a'', the second with ''e'', and the ...
5: ...lology|philologists]] still occasionally speak of vowel stems and consonant stems in these languages also...

Close vowel (831 bytes)
1: {{Vowels}}
3: ...h in the mouth during the articulation of a close vowel.
5: The close vowels identified the [[International Phonetic Alphabet...
7: * [[close front unrounded vowel]] [{{IPA|i}}]
8: * [[close front rounded vowel]] [{{IPA|y}}]

Near-close vowel (588 bytes)
1: {{Vowels}}
3: ...ariants of the fully-close vowels. The near-close vowels identified by the [[International Phonetic Alpha...
5: * [[near-close near-front unrounded vowel]] [{{IPA|ɪ}}]
6: * [[near-close near-front rounded vowel]] [{{IPA|ʏ}}]
7: * [[near-close near-back rounded vowel]] [{{IPA|ʊ}}]

Back vowel (731 bytes)
1: {{Vowels}}
3: ... would be classified as a [[consonant]]. The back vowels identified by the [[International Phonetic Alpha...
5: * [[close back unrounded vowel]] [ɯ]
6: * [[close back rounded vowel]] [u]
7: * [[close-mid back unrounded vowel]] [ɤ]

Near-back vowel (377 bytes)
1: {{Vowels}}
3: ...ghtly further forward in the mouth. The near-back vowel identified by the [[International Phonetic Alphab...
5: * [[near-close near-back rounded vowel]] [ʊ]

Central vowel (685 bytes)
1: {{Vowels}}
2: ...[[front vowel]] and a [[back vowel]]. The central vowels identified by the [[International Phonetic Alpha...
4: * [[close central unrounded vowel]] [ɨ]
5: * [[close central rounded vowel]] [ʉ]
6: * [[close-mid central unrounded vowel]] [ɘ]

Near-front vowel (434 bytes)
1: {{Vowels}}
3: ...lightly further back in the mouth. The near-front vowels identified by the [[International Phonetic Alpha...
5: * [[near-close near-front unrounded vowel]] [ɪ]
6: * [[near-close near-front rounded vowel]] [ʏ]

Front vowel (2267 bytes)
1: {{Vowels}}
3: ...would be classified as a [[consonant]]. The front vowels identified by the [[International Phonetic Alpha...
5: * [[close front unrounded vowel]] [i]
6: * [[close front rounded vowel]] [y]
7: * [[close-mid front unrounded vowel]] [e]

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.

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}}]

Mid vowel (351 bytes)
1: {{Vowels}}
3: ... a [[close vowel]]. The [[schwa]] is the only mid vowel identified by the [[International Phonetic Alphab...
5: * [[mid central vowel]] [{{IPA|ə}}]

Vowel height (655 bytes)
1: ...l height and a lower F1 corresponding to a higher vowel height.
3: ...tional Phonetic Alphabet]] identifies 7 different vowel heights, although no language distinguishes all 7...
5: *[[open vowel]] (low vowel)
6: *[[near-open vowel]]
7: *[[open-mid vowel]]

Vowel shift (816 bytes)
1: ...stematic change in the [[pronunciation]] of the [[vowel]] sounds of a [[language]].
3: ...xample in the [[English language]] is the [[Great Vowel Shift]], which began in the [[15th century]].
5: ...uthern [[United States]] or the [[Northern cities vowel shift]] in [[Michigan]], [[Chicago]], and parts o...
7: The [[Greek language]] also underwent a vowel shift near the beginning of the [[Common Era]].
9: ...ent sounds, or it can be a [[chain shift]], where vowels play "musical chairs".

Vowel roundedness (1397 bytes)
2: ... vowels at the same [[vowel height|height]] and [[vowel backness|backness]].
4: ...nded, endolabial, and exolabial front [[close-mid vowel]]s.

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...

Oral vowel (564 bytes)
1: ...pes through the mouth only (as opposed to [[nasal vowel]]s, in which air also goes out through the nose).
3: ...djacent to nasal [[consonants]]. For example, the vowel /I/ in English ''tin'' is phonetically nasal <now...

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