Near-open front unrounded vowel
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| Edit - 2× | Front | N.-front | Central | N.-back | Back |
| Close | |||||
| Near-close | |||||
| Close-mid | |||||
| Mid | |||||
| Open-mid | |||||
| Near-open | |||||
| Open | |||||
Where symbols appear in pairs, the one to the right
represents a rounded vowel.
represents a rounded vowel.
| IPA – number | 325 |
| IPA – text | æ |
| IPA – image | Image:Xsampa-leftcurly.png |
| entity | æ |
| X-SAMPA | { |
| Kirshenbaum | & |
| Sound sample ▶(?) | |
|---|---|
The near-open 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 æ, and the equivalent X-SAMPA symbol is {. The IPA symbol is the lowercase AE ligature, and both the symbol and the sound are commonly referred to as "ash".
Features
- Its vowel height is near-open, which means the tongue is positioned similarly to an open vowel, but slightly more constricted.
- Its vowel backness is front, which means the tongue is positioned as far forward as possible in the mouth without creating a constriction that would be classified as a consonant.
- Its vowel roundedness is unrounded, which means that the lips are not rounded.
Occurs in
- English: (RP, GA and AuE) fat [fæt]
- Finnish: mäki [mæki], 'hill'; ääntää [æːntæː], 'to pronounce'
- Persian: [dær], 'door'
- Vietnamese: tay [tǣj], 'arm/hand'
