Back Vowel

A back vowel is a sound of the type Voyelle employed in some Langue S spoken. It is characterized by a position of the language as moved back as possible in the mouth, without excessive tightening, which would involve the emission of a Consonne.

The back vowels identified by the International Phonetic Alphabet are the following ones:

  • posterior high Vowel nonround API|ɯ}}

  • posterior high Vowel round API|U}}
  • posterior high Vowel lower round API|ʊ}}
  • posterior higher Mid vowel nonround API|ɤ}}
  • posterior higher Mid vowel round API|O}}
  • posterior lower Mid vowel nonround API|ʌ}}
  • posterior lower Mid vowel round API|ɔ}}
  • posterior low Vowel nonround API|ɑ}}
  • posterior low Vowel round API|ɒ}}

See also: List of the concepts used in phonetics

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