Back صائت مفتوح Arabic Vocal abierta AST Гъоркьияб рагьараб AV Отворена гласна Bulgarian Vogalenn digor Breton Offener Vokal German Vocal abierta Spanish واکه باز Persian Voyelle ouverte French Vogal aberta Galician
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An open vowel is a vowel sound in which the tongue is positioned approximately as far as possible from the roof of the mouth. Open vowels are sometimes also called low vowels (in U.S. terminology [1]) in reference to the low position of the tongue.
In the context of the phonology of any particular language, a low vowel can be any vowel that is more open than a mid vowel. That is, open-mid vowels, near-open vowels, and open vowels can all be considered low vowels.
- ^ "VOWEL QUALITY". Oxford University Press. Retrieved 20 April 2017.