American English Vowels
The features of vowels
- Tongue height
- Tongue positionc
- Lip rounding
Diphthongs
Vowel Phone Examples
English Vowels
- Front close unrounded
[i]: English beat[bit]
- Front close unrounded float
[ɪ]: English bit[bɪt]
- Front open-mid unrounded
[ɛ]: English bet[bɛt]
- Front open unrounded float
[æ]: English bat[bæt]
- Back close rounded
[u]: English boot[but], food[fud]
- Back close rounded float
[ʊ]: English foot[fʊt]
- Back open-mid rounded
[ɔ]: English bough[bɔt]
- Back open unrounded
[ɑ]: English [kɑt]
- Back open-mid unrounded
[ʌ]: English run[rʌn]
- Unrounded central float
[ə]: English about[əbɑɑt]
Others
- Front close rounded
[y]: French tu[ty], German kühl[kyl]
- Back close unrounded
[ɯ]: Japanese フ[ɸɯ]
- Front close-mid rounded
[ø]: French feu[fø]
- Central close unrounded
[ɨ]: Korean 음[ɨm]
Diacritics
- Voiceless
[ ̥]: Japanese 人[hi̥to], あります[aɾimasɯ̥]
- Nasal vowel
[ ̃]: French pends[pɑ̃]