Open vowel
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An open vowel is a vowel sound in which the tongue is positioned approximately as far as possible from the roof of the mouth. Open vowels are sometimes also called low vowels (in U.S. terminology)[1] in reference to the low position of the tongue.
In the context of the phonology of any particular language, a low vowel can be any vowel that is more open than a mid vowel. That is, open-mid vowels, near-open vowels, and open vowels can all be considered low vowels.
Partial list
The open vowels with dedicated symbols in the International Phonetic Alphabet are:
- open front unrounded vowel Script error: No such module "IPA".
- open front rounded vowel Script error: No such module "IPA".[2]
- open back unrounded vowel Script error: No such module "IPA".
- open back rounded vowel Script error: No such module "IPA".
There also are central vowels that do not have dedicated symbols in the IPA:
- open central unrounded vowel Script error: No such module "IPA". or Script error: No such module "IPA". (commonly written Script error: No such module "IPA". as if it were front)
- open central rounded vowel Script error: No such module "IPA".
There is no unambiguous way of transcribing the open central vowels (but see obsolete/nonstandard IPA ᴀ). The diaeresis indicates centralization, so Template:Angbr IPA could mean near-front and Template:Angbr IPA could mean near-back. However, in practice the diaeresis is assumed to mean central, while Template:Angbr IPA and Template:Angbr IPA are used for the front and back articulations, respectively.
The extremely rare contrast between open front, central and back unrounded vowels has been reported to occur in the Hamont-Achel dialect of Limburgish, which features long versions of these sounds, as well as short versions of the open front and back vowels. The short versions do not contrast directly with the open central vowel, which can only be long.Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Footnotes/anchor_id_list' not found.
See also
References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."VOWEL QUALITY". Oxford University Press. Retrieved 20 April 2017.
- ^ This vowel is not known to occur as a phoneme distinct from Script error: No such module "IPA". in any language.
Bibliography
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- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Verhoeven, Jo (2007), "The Belgian Limburg dialect of Hamont", Journal of the International Phonetic Association, 37 (2): 219–225, doi:10.1017/S0025100307002940
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