Vocalic quantity

It is about the length or duration of a Voyelle. Indeed, a vowel can be short or long; many languages, in particular the Latin traditional and the old Greek , make use of this disctinction in their Phonologie.

The vocalic quantity is generally marked in Philologie by a sign Diacritique indicating if the vowel is short (Ăă) or long (Ā, ā).

In the International Phonetic Alphabet, the Quantité of the vowels is indicated as follows:

For example, Installation this pink! is often carried out in familiar French.

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