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of modern English have two close back vowels: the near-close near-back rounded vowel /ʊ/ found in words like foot, and the close back rounded vowel /uː/...

transcription delimiters. In the history of English phonology, there have been many diachronic sound changes affecting vowels, especially involving phonemic...

transcription delimiters. The close and mid-height front vowels of English (vowels of i and e type) have undergone a variety of changes over time and often...

merger. In the Old English vowel system, the vowels in the open back area were unrounded: /ɑ/, /ɑː/. There were also rounded back vowels of mid-height: /o/...

Phonological history of English vowels Phonological history of English short A Phonological history of English low back vowels Phonological history of...

The close-mid back unrounded vowel, or high-mid back unrounded vowel, is a type of vowel sound, used in some spoken languages. Its symbol in the International...

The close back unrounded vowel, or high back unrounded vowel, is a type of vowel sound used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic...

The close back rounded vowel, or high back rounded vowel, is a type of vowel sound used in many spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic...

The near-close near-back rounded vowel, or near-high near-back rounded vowel, is a type of vowel sound, used in some spoken languages. The IPA symbol...

end of a morpheme boundary, leading to pronunciations like [kɪːz] for kids. Phonological history of English Phonological history of English vowels Rhotic...

than this for the former three vowels. The vowels of Australian English can be divided according to length. The long vowels, which include monophthongs and...

languages with rounded front and back vowels use distinct types of labialization, protruded back vowels and compressed front vowels. However, a few languages...

The close-mid back rounded vowel, or high-mid back rounded vowel, is a type of vowel sound used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International...

/ˈsa(ɪ)əns/ with one syllable. Phonological history of English Phonological history of English vowels Trisyllabic laxing Great Vowel Shift Foyer may also be...

(2009), p. 174. "Phonological inventory of Paraguayan Guarani". South American Phonological Inventory Database. Berkeley: University of California. 2015...

Perception of English /r/ and /l/ by Japanese speakers Phonological development Phonological history of English vowels Phonological history of English consonants...

§ Brackets and transcription delimiters. The phonological history of English includes various changes in the phonology of consonant clusters. The H-cluster reductions...

Alphabet: Before the Great Vowel Shift, Middle English in Southern England had seven long vowels, /iː eː ɛː aː ɔː oː uː/. The vowels occurred in, for example...

International Phonetic Alphabet that represents the exact mid back unrounded vowel between close-mid [ɤ] and open-mid [ʌ]. Because no language is known to...

The phonological system of the Old English language underwent many changes during the period of its existence. These included a number of vowel shifts...