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A front vowel is any in a class of vowel sound used in some spoken languages. The defining characteristic of a front vowel is that the tongue is positioned as far in front as possible in the mouth without creating a constriction that would make it a consonant. Front vowels are sometimes also called bright vowels because they are perceived as sounding brighter than the back vowels. Rounded front vowels are typically centralized, that is, near-front in their articulation. This is one reason they are written to the right of unrounded front vowels in the IPA vowel chart. ==Partial list== The front vowels that have dedicated symbols in the International Phonetic Alphabet are: * close front unrounded vowel * close front compressed vowel * close-mid front unrounded vowel * close-mid front rounded vowel * open-mid front unrounded vowel * open-mid front rounded vowel * near-open front unrounded vowel * open front unrounded vowel * open front rounded vowel There also are front vowels that don't have dedicated symbols in the IPA: * close front protruded vowel * close-mid front protruded vowel * mid front unrounded vowel or (commonly written as if it were close-mid) * mid front compressed vowel or (commonly written as if it were close-mid) * mid front protruded vowel or * open-mid front protruded vowel As here, other front vowels can be indicated with diacritics of relative articulation applied to letters for neighboring vowels, such as , or for a near-close front unrounded vowel. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「front vowel」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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