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near-open front unrounded vowel
See also: IPA, Consonants
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 |  |
| Entity | æ |
| X-SAMPA | { |
| Kirshenbaum | & |
 Sound sample? |
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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.
Occurrence
| Language | Word | IPA | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ahtna | kuggaedi | [kʰuk̠æti] | 'mosquito' | |
| Arabic | ﺫﻬﺐ | [ˈðæhæb] | 'gold' | |
| Azeri | səs | [sæs] | 'sound' | |
| English | cat | [kʰæt] | 'cat' | In NZE this is closer to [ɛ]. See English phonology |
| Finnish | mäki | [ˈmæki] | 'hill' | See Finnish phonology |
| Bernese German | standard German drehen | [ˈtræːjə] | 'turn' | See Bernese German phonology |
| Norwegian | lær | [læːɾ] | 'leather' | See Norwegian phonology |
| Persian | در | [dær] | 'door' | See Persian phonology |
| Russian | пять | [pʲætʲ] | 'five' | Allophone of /a/ between palatalized consonants. See Russian phonology |
| Sinhala | කැමති | [kæməti] | 'to will, to like' | |
| Slovak | deväť | [ˈɟevæc] | 'nine' | |
| Swedish | päron | [ˈpæˌrɔn] | 'pear' | Allophone of /ɛ /r/. See Swedish phonology. |
| Vietnamese | tay | [tǣj] | 'arm/hand' | See Vietnamese phonology |
| Yaghan | mæpi | [mæpi] | 'reed' |
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