Front vowel

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	front	near-front	central	near-back	back
Vowels

close	i • y		ɨ • ʉ		ɯ • u
near-close		ɪ • ʏ		ʊ
close-mid	e • ø		ɘ • ɵ		ɤ • o
mid			ə
open-mid	ɛ • œ		ɜ • ɞ		ʌ • ɔ
near-open	æ		ɐ
open	a • ɶ				ɑ • ɒ

Table of vowels
List of vowels

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A front vowel is a type of vowel sound used in some spoken languages. The defining characteristic of a front vowel is that the tongue is positioned as far forward as possible in the mouth without creating a constriction that would be classified as a consonant. The front vowels identified by the International Phonetic Alphabet are:

close front unrounded vowel [i]
close front rounded vowel [y]
close-mid front unrounded vowel [e]
close-mid front rounded vowel [ø]
open-mid front unrounded vowel [ɛ]
open-mid front rounded vowel [œ]
near-open front unrounded vowel [æ]
open front unrounded vowel [a]
open front rounded vowel [ɶ]