Close vowel
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Aclose vowel,also called ahigh vowel,[1]is a type ofvowel.It is used in many spokenlanguages.When you say a close vowel, yourtongueis very close to the top of yourmouth.It isn't touching the top, however, because if it were to touch the top of your mouth, it would be called aconsonant.
"Close"/ˈkloʊs/is recommended by the International Phonetic Association. InAmerica,however, they are called high vowels.[2]
List of close vowels
[change|change source]In theInternational Phonetic Alphabetare six closed vowels:
- close front unrounded vowel[i]
- close front compressed vowel[y]
- close central unrounded vowel[ɨ]
- close central protruded vowel[ʉ]
- close back unrounded vowel[ɯ]
- close back protruded vowel[u]
There also are three close vowels that don't havesymbolsin theIPA:
- close front protruded vowel[ʉ̟] (yʷ)
- close central compressed vowel[ÿ] (ɏ)
- close back compressed vowel[ɯᵝ] (u͍)
References
[change|change source]- ↑"VOWEL QUALITY".Oxford University Press.Retrieved20 April2017.
- ↑Ottenheimer, Harriet (2011).The Anthropology of Language: An Introduction to Linguistic Anthropology Workbook/Reader.Belmont, CA: Cengage Learning. p. 44.ISBN9781111828851.