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Phonetics: Vowels

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Examples of lax vowels Chin, get, book, law
Examples of tense vowels Cheek, fate, mood, boat, box
Examples of central vowels Soda, thunder, murder, lunch, lurch
Examples of diphthongs fight, file, foil, guide, ahoy, proud
Backness can either be front, central, back
Height can either be high, mid, low
front vowels of english [i], [ɪ], [e], [ɛ], [æ]
back vowels of english [u], [ʊ], [o], [ɔ], [a]
central vowels of english [ɨ], [ʌ], [ə], [ɚ], [ɜ˞ ], [ɜ]
diphthongs of english [aɪ], [aʊ], [ɔɪ]
round vowels of english [u], [ʊ], [o], [ɔ]
In english round vowels cannot be low back
unround vowels of english [i], [ɪ], [e], [ɛ], [æ], [a], [ɨ], [ʌ], [ə], [ɚ], [ɜ˞ ], [ɜ]
lax vowels [ɪ], [ʊ], [ɛ], [ɔ]
[i] vowel description high front unrounded tense
[ɪ] vowel description close high front unrounded lax
[e] vowel description close mid front unrounded tense
[æ] vowel description open low front unrounded tense
[ʊ] vowel description close hiɡh back rounded lax
[o] vowel description close mid back rounded tense
[a] vowel description open low front unrounded tense
[ɛ] vowel description open-mid front unrounded lax
[ɜ] vowel description open-mid central unrounded tense
[u] vowel description close high back rounded tense
[ɔ] vowel description open mid back round lax
[ɨ] vowel description close high central unrounded tense
[ʌ] vowel description open mid back unrounded tense
[ə] vowel description mid central unrounded tense
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