Back vowel
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| Vowels | |||||
| front | near-front | central | near-back | back | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| close | [[close front unrounded vowel | ]] • [[close front rounded vowel | ]] | [[close central unrounded vowel | ]] • [[close central rounded vowel | ]] | [[close back unrounded vowel | ]] • [[close back rounded vowel | ]] | ||
| near-close | [[near-close near-front unrounded vowel | ]] • [[near-close near-front rounded vowel | ]] | [[near-close near-back rounded vowel | ]] | |||
| close-mid | [[close-mid front unrounded vowel | ]] • [[close-mid front rounded vowel | ]] | [[close-mid central unrounded vowel | ]] • [[close-mid central rounded vowel | ]] | [[close-mid back unrounded vowel | ]] • [[close-mid back rounded vowel | ]] | ||
| mid | [[schwa | ]] | ||||
| open-mid | [[open-mid front unrounded vowel | ]] • [[open-mid front rounded vowel | ]] | [[open-mid central unrounded vowel | ]] • [[open-mid central rounded vowel | ]] | [[open-mid back unrounded vowel | ]] • [[open-mid back rounded vowel | ]] | ||
| near-open | [[near-open front unrounded vowel | ]] | [[near-open central vowel | ]] | |||
| open | [[open front unrounded vowel | ]] • [[open front rounded vowel | ]] | [[open back unrounded vowel | ]] • [[open back rounded vowel | ]] | |||
| Table of vowels - List of vowels | |||||
A back vowel is a type of vowel sound used in some spoken languages. The defining characteristic of a back vowel is that the tongue is positioned as far back as possible in the mouth without creating a constriction that would be classified as a consonant. The back vowels identified by the International Phonetic Alphabet are:
- close back unrounded vowel Template:IPA
- close back rounded vowel Template:IPA
- close-mid back unrounded vowel Template:IPA
- close-mid back rounded vowel Template:IPA
- open-mid back unrounded vowel Template:IPA
- open-mid back rounded vowel Template:IPA
- open back unrounded vowel Template:IPA
- open back rounded vowel Template:IPA
See also: List of phonetics topicssv:Hårda vokaler
