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close	i • y		close central unrounded vowel • close central rounded vowel		close back unrounded vowel • u
near-close		near-close near-front unrounded vowel • near-close near-front rounded vowel		near-close near-back rounded vowel
close-mid	e • ø		close-mid central unrounded vowel • close-mid central rounded vowel		close-mid back unrounded vowel • o
mid			schwa
open-mid	open-mid front unrounded vowel • œ		open-mid central unrounded vowel • open-mid central rounded vowel		open-mid back unrounded vowel • open-mid back rounded vowel
near-open	æ		near-open central vowel
open	a • open front rounded vowel				open back unrounded vowel • open back rounded vowel

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The 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 a, and the equivalent X-SAMPA symbol is a.


IPA - Unicode	a
IPA - image
X-SAMPA	`a`
Kirshenbaum	`a`

Features of this vowel:

Its vowel height is open, which means the tongue is positioned as far as possible from the roof of the mouth.
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.

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