NEAR-OPEN FRONT UNROUNDED VOWEL

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The 'near-open front unrounded vowel' is a type of vowel sound, used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is , and the equivalent X-SAMPA symbol is {. The IPA symbol is the lowercase ae ligature, and both the symbol and the sound are commonly referred to as "ash".

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Features

Occurrence

Features

★ Its vowel height is near-open, which means the tongue is positioned similarly to an open vowel, but slightly more constricted.

★ Its vowel backness is front, which means the tongue is positioned as far forward as possible in the mouth without creating a constriction that would be classified as a consonant.

★ Its vowel roundedness is unrounded, which means that the lips are not rounded.

Occurrence

Language	Word	IPA	Meaning	Notes
Ahtna	''kugg'ae'di''		'mosquito'
Arabic	'ﺫﻬﺐ'		'gold'
Azeri	''s'ə's''		'sound'
English	''c'a't''		'cat'	In NZE this is closer to . See English phonology
Finnish	''m'ä'ki''		'hill'	See Finnish phonology
Bernese German	standard German ''dr'eh'en''		'turn'	See Bernese German phonology
Norwegian	''l'æ'r''		'leather'	See Norwegian phonology
Persian	در		'door'	See Persian phonology
Russian	п'я'ть		'five'	Allophone of between palatalized consonants. See Russian phonology
Sinhala	කැමති		'to will, to like'
Slovak	''dev'ä'ť''		'nine'
Swedish	''p'ä'ron''		'pear'	Allophone of . See Swedish phonology.
Vietnamese	''t'a'y''		'arm/hand'	See Vietnamese phonology
Yaghan	''m'æ'pi		'reed'