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Linguistics

Notes Front Vowels

i High front unrounded - English beat [bit]
y High front rounded - French su [sy] “knew”
I Lowered high front unrounded - English bit [bit]

Y Lowered high front rounded - German Hütten [ hytn' ] “huts”
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e Higher mid front unrounded - French ses [se] “his/her/its, pi”
φ Higher mid front rounded - French peu [pφ ] “(a) little”

ε Lower mid front unrounded - German Bett [b ε t] “bed”
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œ Lower mid front rounded - German Goethe [ gtcœ ]
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œ Raised low front unrounded - English flash fl ∫æ  
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a Low front unrounded - Southern US English light lt  
 a
+  +
ΠLow front rounded - not reported in any natural language.
Central Vowels VOWELS

i High central unrounded
Front Central Back
u High central rounded Close i y i u m u
I Y 
b Higher mid central unrounded Close-mid e r b › p o
c
θ Higher mid central rounded i
Open-mid ε œ ε v c
c Mid central unrounded Õ X
Open a Œ a α
f Lower mid central unrounded + α
i Lower mid central rounded Where symbols appear in pairs, the one to
X Raised low central unrounded the right represents a rounded vowel.
Recommended usage
a Low central unrounded

Central Vowels
[
i High central unrounded - Amharic mi ] n “what”
[
u High central rounded -Norwegian butt b u ] t “blunt”
b Higher mid central unrounded - (can be used for ‘high schwas’)
θ Higher mid central rounded - not known
c Mid central unrounded - unstressed vowel of English sofa
f Lower mid central unrounded - British English heard
i Lower mid central rounded - no known example
X Raised low central unrounded - English hut
Recommended usage
a Low central unrounded - much American English hot

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