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near-front vowel


A near-front vowel is a type of vowel sound used in some spoken languages. The defining characteristic of a near-front vowel is that the tongue is positioned as in a front vowel, but slightly further back in the mouth. The near-front vowels identified by the International Phonetic Alphabet are:

near-close near-front unrounded vowel
near-close near-front rounded vowel

   
   
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