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Near-open vowel

Class of vowel sounds

Summary

Class of vowel sounds

A near-open vowel or a near-low vowel is any in a class of vowel sound used in some spoken languages. The defining characteristic of a near-open vowel is that the tongue is positioned similarly to an open vowel, but slightly more constricted.

Other names for a near-open vowel are lowered open-mid vowel and raised open vowel, though the former phrase may also be used to describe a vowel that is as low as open; likewise, the latter phrase may also be used to describe a vowel that is as high as open-mid.

Partial list

The near-open vowels with dedicated symbols in the International Phonetic Alphabet are:

near-open front unrounded vowel
near-open central vowel without specified rounding (usually used for an unrounded vowel; the distinction can be made as (or ) vs )

Other near-open vowels can be indicated with diacritics of relative articulation applied to letters for neighboring vowels, such as and for near-open near-back rounded and unrounded vowels.

References

(2022-02-28). "3.5 Describing vowels".
Pöchtrager, Markus A.. (2021-05-07). "Towards a non-arbitrary account of affricates and affrication". Glossa: A Journal of General Linguistics.

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