Everything about Front Vowel totally explained
A
front vowel is a type of
vowel sound used in some spoken
languages. The defining characteristic of a front vowel is that the tongue is positioned as far forward as possible in the mouth without creating a constriction that would be classified as a
consonant. The front vowels identified by the
International Phonetic Alphabet are:
In some languages, the open front vowels don't pattern or group with the other front vowels in their
phonologies.
Effect on preceding consonant
In the history of many
Indo-European languages, front vowels altered preceding
velar consonants, bringing them forward to a
palatal,
postalveolar, or
alveolar place of articulation. Similar changes, or sometimes ongoing
allophonic variation, have occurred in many other languages, including
Japanese. See
palatalization.
This historical palatalization is reflected in the
orthographies of several European languages, including the "c" and "g" of
Italian,
Spanish, and
French, the "k" in
Norwegian and
Swedish, and the "γ" in
Greek.
English follows the French pattern, but without as much regularity.
However, for native or early borrowed words affected by palatalization, English has generally altered the spelling after the pronunciation (Examples include
cheap, church, cheese, churn from *[k]
yell, yarn, yearn, yeast from *[g].)
|
Before back vowel: hard |
Before front vowel: soft |
| English "C" | call [kɔːl] |
cell [sɛl]
|
| English "G" | gall [gɔːl] |
gel [dʒɛl]
|
| French "C" | calque [kalk] |
celà [səla]
|
| French "G" | gare [gɑʁ] |
gel [ʒɛl]
|
| Italian "C" | cara [kaɾa] |
ciao [tʃao̯]
|
| Italian "G" | gallo [gallo] |
genere [ˈdʒɛneɾe]
|
| Swedish "K" | karta [kɑːʈa] |
kär [ɕæːr]
|
| Swedish "G" | god [guːd] |
göra [jøːra]
|
| Swedish "SK" | skal [skɑːl] |
skäl [ɧæːl]
|
Further Information
Get more info on 'Front Vowel'.
|
External Link Exchanges
Do you know how hard it is to get a link from a large encyclopaedia? Well we're different and will prove it. To get a link from us just add the following HTML to your site on a relevant page:
<a href="http://front_vowel.totallyexplained.com">Front vowel Totally Explained</a>
Then simply click through this link from your web page. Our crawlers will verify your link, extract the title of your web page and instantly add a link back to it. If you like you can remove the words Totally Explained and embed the link in article text.
As long as your link remains in place, we'll keep our link to you right here. Please play fair - our crawlers are watching. Your site must be closely related to this one's topic. Any kind of spamming, dubious practises or removing the link will result in your link from us being dropped and, potentially, your whole site being banned. |
