Vowels Week 2
I.P.A. vowel chart
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🡸 placement of tongue 🡺
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openness
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space
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IPA VOWELS
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I.P.A. vowel chart
pɹɪˈpɛ͡ə˞d ba͡ɪ ˈno͡ʊˌə dɹuː
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🡸 placement of tongue 🡺
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openness
of
space
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IPA VOWEL CHART
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High frontal: i
examples: wheel, meat, easy, suite
i: as in LEE
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High back with lip-rounding: u
examples: goof, chute, cruel, through, threw
u as in WHO
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Open back: ɑ
examples: Father, Drama, Ghana, Calm
�ɑ as in FATHER�
prepared by Noah Drew (2013)
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Open frontal: æ
examples: apple, cat
æ as PAT
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Central (“neutral”): ə
examples: pizza, agenda
ə as in THE
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pɹɪˈpɛ͡ə˞d ba͡ɪ ˈno͡ʊˌə dɹuː
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Open back with lip-rounding: ɒ
examples: body, sought
ɒ as in HONEST
prepared by Noah Drew (2013)
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pɹɪˈpɛ͡ə˞d ba͡ɪ ˈno͡ʊˌə dɹuː
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Close-mid frontal: ɛ
examples: bet, sever, wrench
ɛ as in LET
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Close frontal, slightly centralized: ɪ
examples: with, igloo
I as in WILL
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pɹɪˈpɛ͡ə˞d ba͡ɪ ˈno͡ʊˌə dɹuː
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Close back, slightly centralized: ʊ
examples: wood, could
ʊ as in WOULD
prepared by Noah Drew (2013)
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pɹɪˈpɛ͡ə˞d ba͡ɪ ˈno͡ʊˌə dɹuː
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Open-mid back: ʌ
examples: hut, brother
ʌ as in CUP
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Open-mid back with lip-rounding: ɔ
examples: law, call, shawl
ɔ as in ALL
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pɹɪˈpɛ͡ə˞d ba͡ɪ ˈno͡ʊˌə dɹuː
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Open-mid frontal: ɛ
examples: bet, sever, wrench
for diphthongs
prepared by Noah Drew (2013)
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pɹɪˈpɛ͡ə˞d ba͡ɪ ˈno͡ʊˌə dɹuː
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Diphthong
A sound formed by the combination of two vowels in a single syllable, in which the sound begins as one vowel and moves toward another
pɹɪˈpɛ͡ə˞d ba͡ɪ ˈno͡ʊˌə dɹuː
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Fully open frontal: a
a as in PASS (UK)
prepared by Noah Drew (2013)
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Close-mid back with lip-rounding : o
o as in OBEY
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Common diphthongs:
low = o͡ʊ
lout = a͡ʊ / ʌ͡ʊ
lied = a͡ɪ
light = ʌ͡ɪ
lane = e͡ɪ / ɛ͡ɪ
loin = ɔ͡ɪ
loon = u / ʊ͡u
lean = i / ɪ͡i