Near-close Vowel
A
near-close vowel
is a type of
vowel
sound used in some spoken
languages
. The defining characteristic of a close vowel is that the tongue is positioned similarly to a
close vowel
, but slightly less constricted. Near-close vowels sometimes described as
lax
variants of the fully-close vowels. The near-close vowels identified by the
International Phonetic Alphabet
are:
near-close near-front unrounded vowel
[]
near-close near-front rounded vowel
[]
*
near-close near-back rounded vowel
[]
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