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b3

/ɨ/ Close central unrounded vowel (Barred I) Instructions: Height: high (close) Backness: central Rounded: unrounded Occurrence: Acehnese, Angor, Czech (Some dialects), Chinese (Mandarin), English (Cockney, Southeastern English), Guarani, Irish (Munster), […]

b2

/y/ Close front rounded vowel (Lower-case Y) Instructions: Height: high (close) Backness: front Roundedness: rounded Note: Used as Cardinal Vowel No. 9. Occurrence: Afrikaans, Albanian, Azeri, Basque (Souletin), Bavarian (Amstetten), […]

b1

/i/ Close front unrounded vowel (Lower-case I) eat bead me Instructions: Height: High (close) Backness: Front Roundedness: unrounded Note: Used as Cardinal Vowel 1, in which case it is defined […]