vowel
sound in spoken language, articulated with an open vocal tract
central vowel
type of vowel sound
unrounded vowel
vowel during which's pronunciation the lips are relaxed
R-colored vowel
phonetic sound in some languages
inherent vowel
vowel sound which is used with each unmarked or basic consonant symbol in abugida
thematic vowel
vowel placed before the ending of a Proto-Indo-European word
Japanese long vowels
long vowels in the Japanese language
back vowel
type of vowel sound
cardinal vowel
standardised set of speech sounds
triphthong
vowel sound involving motion through 3 vowel qualities
near-back vowel
class of vowels between the central and back vowels; e.g. [ʊ]
spurious diphthong
Ancient Greek vowel that is etymologically a long vowel but written as if it were a true diphthong, i.e. as ⟨ει⟩, ⟨ου⟩
echo vowel
paragogic vowel that repeats the final vowel in a word
strident vowel
strongly pharyngealized vowels accompanied by (ary)epiglottal trill
retracted vowel
vowel sound with tongue pulled into the pharynx
vowel phoneme
a phoneme usually realized as a vowel
mid vowel
type of vowel sound
soft vowel
iotified vowels in Slavic languages
non-syllabic vowel
vowel that does not form the nucleus of a syllable (e.g. because it is part of a diphthong)
front vowel
type of vowel sound
vertical vowel system
system of vowels in a language that requires only vowel height to phonemically distinguish vowels
monophthong
pure vowel sound
nasal vowel
pronunciation of a vowel through the nose as well as the mouth
raised vowel
type of vowel sound