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Close front rounded vowel [y]
From Teflpedia
The close front rounded vowel [y] is a vowel sound. It’s a cardinal vowel.
Features[edit | edit source]
The close front rounded vowel has the following features:
- Vowel height: It’s a close vowel, which means the tongue is positioned close to the roof of the mouth without creating a constriction that would be classified as a consonant.
- Vowel backness: A front vowel, which means the tongue is positioned forward in the mouth without creating a constriction that would be classified as a consonant.
- Vowel roundedness: It is a rounded vowel, which means that the lips are rounded.
Occurrence in English[edit | edit source]
This vowel is not native to most dialects of English. However, it may occur in loanwords or in the speech of individuals with specific accents.
Representation[edit | edit source]
In the International Phonetic Alphabet, the close front rounded vowel has a lowercase Y, ⟨y⟩, as its IPA symbol (the IPA borrows the consonant letter Y to use as a vowel symbol). Its IPA number is 309. In IPA Braille, it’s represented by Braille pattern dots-13456, ⠽, the same as the letter Y.
