Front vowel

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:

• close front unrounded vowel [i]\n* close front rounded vowel [y]\n* close-mid front unrounded vowel [e]\n* close-mid front rounded vowel [ø]\n* open-mid front unrounded vowel [ɛ]\n* open-mid front rounded vowel [œ]\n* near-open front unrounded vowel [æ]\n* open front unrounded vowel [a]\n* open front rounded vowel [ɶ]