Uh. But basically all possible vowel sounds exist on this spectrum, and you can slide through all of them just by changing the position of your mouth, your tongue, your lips.

For the ability to make specific vowel-like sounds, it seemed that tongue position really was more important than the larynx’s height.

People form each vowel sound with a precise control of tongue position in the vocal tract, and the anatomical analysis revealed that baboon tongues have the same muscles as human tongues.

The vowels are also formed in the front, central, and back parts of the mouth, with the tongue being in different states of relaxation. First say the word listed below with each vowel, and then ...

As the vowel chart represents the position of the highest point of the tongue during articulation, the natural organization of speech features by neuronal encoding reflects a functional spatial ...

Glides include speech sounds where the airstream is frictionless and is modified by the position of the tongue and the lips. Glides and semivowels are very similar to vowels. The difference between ...

Glides include speech sounds where the airstream is frictionless and is modified by the position of the tongue and the lips. Glides and semivowels are very similar to vowels. The difference between ...