Retracted vowel information

A retracted vowel is a vowel sound in which the body or root of the tongue is pulled backward and downward into the pharynx. The most retracted cardinal...

advanced (fronted), retracted (backed), raised, lowered, centralized, or mid-centralized. The latter two terms are only used with vowels, and are marked in...

retracted vowels. In their articulation, back vowels do not form a single category, but may be either raised vowels such as [u] or retracted vowels such...

of back vowels, the regrouping posits raised vowels, where the body of the tongue approaches the velum ([u, o, ɨ], etc.), and retracted vowels, where the...

tongue root (ATR) and retracted tongue root (RTR) are contrasting states of the root of the tongue during the pronunciation of vowels in some languages,...

in vowel harmony include vowel backness, vowel height, nasalization, roundedness, and advanced and retracted tongue root. Vowel harmony is found in many...

uvular consonant and a retracted vowel. In addition, consonants and vowels may be secondarily pharyngealized. Also, strident vowels are defined by an accompanying...

unrounded vowel. In articulation, fronted vowels, where the tongue moves forward from its resting position, contrast with raised vowels and retracted vowels. In...

stressed /o/ being decentralized. All retracted vowels are indicated by a line under the vowel. These retracted vowels alternate morphophonemically. (Note...

ɤ] and [ʉ ɨ]. Raised vowels and retracted vowels constitute the traditional but articulatorily-inaccurate category of back vowels, but they also cover...

The mid central vowel (also known as schwa) is a type of vowel sound, used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet...

needed] [+/− front] (front vowels) [+/− raised] (raised vowels) [+/− retracted] (retracted vowels) [+/− round] (round vowels) This system is given by Jakobson...

The close central rounded vowel, or high central rounded vowel, is a type of vowel sound used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International...

The open central unrounded vowel, or low central unrounded vowel, is a type of vowel sound, used in many spoken languages. While the International Phonetic...

theory) Retract (group theory) Retraction (topology) Retracted (phonetics), a sound pronounced to the back of the vocal tract, in linguistics Retracted tongue...

The close central unrounded vowel, or high central unrounded vowel, is a type of vowel sound used in some languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic...

occur before /l/, a relatively retracted consonant. Phonological history of English Phonological history of English vowels only homophonous with the cot-caught...

by length, like in Australian English. The quality of those vowels is that of retracted cardinal [a]: [a̠, a̠ː], open central [ä, äː], or somewhat higher...

somewhat retracted ([s̠, z̠]); they are produced in between English alveolars /s, z/ and postalveolars /ʃ, ʒ/. /s/ is variably fronted or further retracted depending...

described as retracted tongue root, plus an uncommon mid-central vowel /ə/. The non-contracted vowels are /i e a o u/, and the contracted vowels /eˤ ɛˤ ɔˤ...

transcribed as ⟨q̟⟩ or ⟨q˖⟩ (both symbols denote an advanced ⟨q⟩) or ⟨k̠⟩ (retracted ⟨k⟩). The equivalent X-SAMPA symbols are q_+ and k_-, respectively. Features...

vowel reduction (and its absence) are distinguished between the standard language and dialects. Russian orthography most often does not reflect vowel...

retracted in their tongue root position. An exception is made for vowels that come after /a/, which can be either advanced or retracted (while vowels...

(reduced?) vowels, transcribed as: ⟨ä⟩, ⟨ü⟩, ⟨ö⟩. Lunsford had some difficulty determining vowel phonemes and suggested there may be retracted vowels with limited...

allophone of /ɡ/ before front vowels and is best transcribed ⟨ʝ̞˗⟩, ⟨ʝ˕˗⟩ (both symbols denote a lowered and retracted ⟨ʝ⟩), ⟨ɣ̞˖⟩ or ⟨ɣ˕˖⟩ (both symbols...