Low vowel former nonround

The former low vowel nonround is a vowel used in many languages. Its symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet is, and its equivalent in symbol X-SAMPA is a.

This same symbol is employed very often for the nonround central low vowels , this use being accepted by the international phonetic Association. Like any language does not make distinction between low vowels former and central, of the separate symbols are useless. If necessary, the difference can be specified using the diacritic exchange, .

Characteristics

Its Degré of aperture is low, which means that the language is as far as possible positioned palate.
Its Joint is former, which means that the language is placed as far as possible in front of the mouth.
Its Caractère of roundness is nonround, which means that the lips are not round.

Languages

It appears in the majority of the languages. For those which have only one low vowel, one generally uses the symbol (A) because it is the only one to belong to the Latin alphabet basic. However, in all the languages below, except for the igbo, the vowel is closer to the power station than of the former one.

Examples:

German r' a' tte “rat” (the joint can be moved back, according to the dialect)
Spanish: r' a' you has “rat”

French: L has

Igbo : ákụ́ “core”

Japanese: 蚊 “mosquito”

Dutch: Z aa' L “room” (the joint can be moved back, according to the dialect and the generation of the speaker)
Rumanian: it a' L “horse”
Swedish: b' a' nk ,

“banks” ----

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