- Look up
vowel pointing in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Vowel pointing is the
inserting of
signs used to
indicate vowels in
certain alphabets. It may...
-
transcription delimiters. A
vowel is a
syllabic speech sound pronounced without any
stricture in the
vocal tract.
Vowels are one of the two prin****l...
- may
perform other functions.
Vowel pointing systems,
namely the
Arabic harakat and the
Hebrew niqqud systems,
indicate vowels that are not conve**** by the...
- delimiters. A
front vowel is a
class of
vowel sounds used in some
spoken languages, its
defining characteristic being that the
highest point of the
tongue is...
- A back
vowel is any in a
class of
vowel sound used in
spoken languages. The
defining characteristic of a back
vowel is that the
highest point of the tongue...
-
unrounded vowel, or low
front unrounded vowel, is a type of
vowel sound used in some
spoken languages. It is one of the
eight primary cardinal vowels, not...
- the
highest point of the arch of the
tongue is
considered to be the
point of
articulation of the
vowel. The
vertical dimension of the
vowel diagram is...
- § Brackets and
transcription delimiters. The
Great Vowel Shift was a
series of
pronunciation changes in the
vowels of the
English language that took
place primarily...
- line (called Meteg)
underneath the
letter and to the left of the
vowel point, the
vowel is made long. The
meteg is only used in
Biblical Hebrew, not Modern...
- or back is the
highest point of the tongue, and the
position of the lips (rounded or unrounded). A
cardinal vowel is a
vowel sound produced when the...
