back vowel

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1 English
- 1.1 Noun
  - 1.1.1 Translations
  - 1.1.2 See also

English [edit]

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Back vowel

Noun [edit]

back vowel (plural back vowels)

(phonetics) Any vowel sound produced in the back of the mouth. Examples: "u" in “rule” and "o" in “pole”

Translations [edit]

Any vowel sound produced in the back of the mouth

Finnish: takavokaali (fi)
French: voyelle postérieure (fr) f
Japanese: 後舌母音 (ja) (atojitaboin)

Portuguese: vogal posterior (pt) f
Spanish: vocal posterior m
Turkish: kalın ünlü (tr), kalın sesli (tr), art ünlü (tr), art sesli (tr)

See also [edit]

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