Close-mid front unrounded vowel
The close-mid front unrounded vowel is a type of vowel sound, used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is , and the equivalent X-SAMPA symbol is e. Features of this vowel: Its vowel height is close-mid, which means the tongue is positioned halfway between close vowel and a mid vowel. Its vowel backness is front, which means the tongue is positioned as far forward as possible in the mouth without creating a constriction that would be classified as a consonant. Its vowel roundedness is unrounded, which means that the lips are not rounded. Occurs in: French beauté 'beauty' German Seele 'soul' Spanish bebé 'baby' In many English dialects, this vowel occurs only as the first part of the diphthong [eɪ], as in late , play .
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