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/æ/ Near-open front unrounded vowel (Ash) bad laugh wrap Instructions: Height: Low (near-open) Backness: Front Roundedness: Unrounded   Source Notes URL ArticulatoryIPA Ultrasound Ultrasound – half-speed http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkOEKID3g7U http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mEG3BN46eE0 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wLXiiWEL8Qs http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BN3M6HEZOaQ […]

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/ɔ/ Open-mid back rounded vowel (Open O) ought caught raw Instructions: Height: Mid (open-mid) Backness: Back Roundedness: Rounded Note: Used as Cardinal Vowel 6. Source Notes URL ArticulatoryIPA Ultrasound Ultrasound […]

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/ʌ/ Open-mid back unrounded vowel (Turned V or Wedge) blood dove tough Instructions: Height: Mid (open-mid) Backness: Back Roundedness: Unrounded Note: Used as Cardinal Vowel 14. Source Notes URL ArticulatoryIPA […]

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/ɞ/ Open-mid central rounded vowel (Closed Reversed Epsilon) Instructions: Height: Mid (open mid) Backness: central Rounded: rounded Occurrence: English (Irish), German (Standard), Icelandic, Irish, Kashubian, Navajo, Norwegian (Stavangersk), Poitevin, Somali. […]

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/ɜ/ Open-mid central unrounded vowel (Reversed Epsilon) Instructions: Height: Mid (open mid) Backness: central Rounded: unrounded Occurrence: Cherokee, English (Received Pronunciation, Norfolk, Great Lakes region, Ohio, Most of Texas, Northern […]

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/œ/ Open-mid front rounded vowel (O-E Ligature) Instructions: Height: mid (open mid) Backness: front Roundedness: rounded Note: Used as Cardinal Vowel No. 11. Occurrence: Afrikaans (Standard), Armenian (Western Armenian), Azeri, […]

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/ɛ/ Open mid front unrounded vowel (Epsilon) Ed bed let Instructions: Height: Mid (open mid) Backness: Front Roundedness: Unrounded Note: Used as Cardinal Vowel 3 Source Notes URL ArticulatoryIPA Ultrasound […]

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/ə/ Mid central unrounded vowel (Schwa) above oven support Instructions: Height: Mid Backness: Central Roundedness: Unrounded Source Notes URL ArticulatoryIPA Ultrasound Ultrasound – half-speed http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkOEKID3g7U http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mEG3BN46eE0 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wLXiiWEL8Qs http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BN3M6HEZOaQ Ken Stevens […]

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/o/ Close-mid back rounded vowel (Lower-case O) Instructions: Height: Mid (close-mid) Backness: Back Roundedness: Rounded Note: Used as Cardinal Vowel 7. NB: The overlay video actually shows [oʊ] as in […]

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/ɤ/ Close-mid back unrounded vowel (Ram’s horns) Instructions: Height: mid (close mid) Backness: back Rounded: unrounded Note: Used as Cardinal Vowel No. 15. Occurrence: Alekano, Chinese (Mandarin, Taiwanese Hokkien), English […]