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The term usually refers to the diagram that you will see here:

http://www.arts.gla.ac.uk/IPA/vowels.html The diagram is a representation of how vowel sounds are produced.

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What does the vowel diagram represent?

The vowel diagram represents the positioning of vowels in terms of tongue height and tongue backness. It helps linguists categorize vowels based on these two dimensions and better understand how vowels are pronounced in different languages.


A c plus plus program that defines vowels?

#include<locale> #include<iostream> #include<string> bool is_vowel(const char c) { static const std::string vowels = "AEIOU"; return( vowels.find(toupper(c))<vowels.size() ); } int main() { std::string alphabet = "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ"; for(size_t i=0; i<alphabet.size(); ++i) { std::cout<<'\''<<alphabet[i]<<"\' is "; if( !is_vowel( alphabet[i] )) std::cout<<"not "; std::cout<<"a vowel."<<std::endl; } } Output: 'a' is a vowel. 'b' is not a vowel. 'c' is not a vowel. 'd' is not a vowel. 'e' is a vowel. 'f' is not a vowel. 'g' is not a vowel. 'h' is not a vowel. 'i' is a vowel. 'j' is not a vowel. 'k' is not a vowel. 'l' is not a vowel. 'm' is not a vowel. 'n' is not a vowel. 'o' is a vowel. 'p' is not a vowel. 'q' is not a vowel. 'r' is not a vowel. 's' is not a vowel. 't' is not a vowel. 'u' is a vowel. 'v' is not a vowel. 'w' is not a vowel. 'x' is not a vowel. 'y' is not a vowel. 'z' is not a vowel. 'A' is a vowel. 'B' is not a vowel. 'C' is not a vowel. 'D' is not a vowel. 'E' is a vowel. 'F' is not a vowel. 'G' is not a vowel. 'H' is not a vowel. 'I' is a vowel. 'J' is not a vowel. 'K' is not a vowel. 'L' is not a vowel. 'M' is not a vowel. 'N' is not a vowel. 'O' is a vowel. 'P' is not a vowel. 'Q' is not a vowel. 'R' is not a vowel. 'S' is not a vowel. 'T' is not a vowel. 'U' is a vowel. 'V' is not a vowel. 'W' is not a vowel. 'X' is not a vowel. 'Y' is not a vowel. 'Z' is not a vowel.


Is "vowel" a vowel?

Yes, "vowel" is a vowel.


Is can a long vowel?

No, "can" does not have a long vowel sound. The vowel 'a' in "can" is pronounced with a short vowel sound.


Is pal a short vowel word?

The only vowel in pal is the a. And that is a short vowel. With a long vowel it is pail.


What are vowel teams?

Vowel teams are a word with two vowel's


What is the short vowel in the word which?

The "i" is the only vowel in "which", and it has a short vowel sound.


Does minus have a long vowel or short vowel?

It has a long I vowel sound and a schwa (unstressed vowel sound).


Is pat a long vowel?

No, "pat" does not contain a long vowel. The vowel "a" in "pat" is a short vowel sound.


Is feet a long vowel?

No, "feet" does not contain a long vowel. The vowel in "feet" is a short vowel sound.


A bar over a vowel indicates that the vowel is?

A bar over a vowel, also known as a macron, typically indicates a long vowel sound in phonetics. It shows that the vowel is pronounced for a longer duration than a short vowel.


Is lemon short vowel or long vowel?

The e is a short vowel, while the o is more of a long vowel.