Near-close near-front unrounded vowel
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| Vowels | |||||
| front | near-front | central | near-back | back | |
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| close | • | • | • | ||
| near-close | • | ||||
| close-mid | • | • | • | ||
| mid | |||||
| open-mid | • | • | • | ||
| near-open | |||||
| open | • | • | |||
| Table of vowels - List of vowels | |||||
The near-close near-front unrounded vowel is a type of vowel sound, used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is , and the equivalent X-SAMPA symbol is I. The IPA symbol is a small capital letter I.
Features
- Its vowel height is near-open, which means the tongue is positioned similarly to a close vowel, but slightly less constricted.
- Its vowel backness is near-front, which means the tongue is positioned as in a front vowel, but slightly further back in the mouth.
- Its vowel roundedness is unrounded, which means that the lips are not rounded.