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Vowel Terms

Terms for categorising vowel sounds in English.

TermDefinition
Vowel A voiced sound that is made without blocking airflow in the mouth and is shaped by tongue position and lip rounding.
Close/High The tongue is raised high in the mouth.
Mid The tongue is raised to the middle of the mouth.
Open/Low The tongue is low in the mouth and the mouth is wide open.
Front The tongue is pushed towards the front of the mouth.
Central The tongue stays at the centre of the mouth.
Back The tongue is pulled towards the back of the mouth.
Rounded The lips form a circle.
Unrounded The lips are spread or neutral
Tense The tongue is stretched and the muscles are more active.
Lax The tongue is more relaxed.
Diphthong A vowel sound that glides from one vowel position to another in the same syllable.
Monophthong A pure vowel sound that doesn't glide.
Short vowel sound A quick and relaxed vowel sound that is different from the vowel's name that is always a monophthong.
Long vowel sound A tense and slightly longer vowel sound that usually resembles a vowel's name and can either be a diphthong or a monophthong.
R-coloured vowel A vowel sound that is blended with a following R sound that makes the vowel sound less noticable and is common in North America.
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