Vowels phonology

Identify the vowel sounds that is used in each of
the following words below:
1. Man
2. Mango
3. Heir
4. Tomb
5. Read (past tense)

The International Phonetic Alphabet was
created soon after the International Phonetic
Association was established in the late 19th
century. It was intended as an international
system of phonetic transcription for oral
languages, originally for pedagogical purposes.

A Vietor Triangle is a schematic representation of vowel
sounds, created by Wilhelm Vietor (1850-1918, German philologist
and phonetician).It shows the position of the tongue and jaw according
the vowel sound(s) required when speaking.
A vowel diagram or vowel chart is a schematic arrangement of
the vowels. Depending on the particular language being discussed, it
can take the form of a triangle or a quadrilateral. Vertical position on
the diagram denotes the vowel closeness, with close vowels at the top
of the diagram, and horizontal position denotes the vowel backness,
with front vowels at the left of the diagram. Vowels are unique in that
their main features do not contain differences in voicing, manner, or
place (articulation). Vowels differ only in the position of the tongue
when voiced. The tongue moves either vertically and horizontally
within the oral cavity. Vowels are produced with at least a part of their
vocal tract obstructed.

A vowel is a speech sound that is
produced without any obstruction air
in the speech tract.

Vowels are described based on the following
criteria:
(i) The height of the tongue
(ii) The part of the tongue that is raised or
lowered
(iii) The position of the lips

A vowel may be short or long.
Long vowels take two dots in front of
them, e.g
/i:/, /a:/ while short vowels e.g /i/, /e/
do not.

/i:/
it is a long vowel
common spellings.
ee, as in tree e, as in complete
as in cheese as in jesus
as in canteen as in be
as in seen as in these
as in been i, as in machine
cene, as in scene as in prestige
as in suite
ea, as in leaf ey, as in key
as in reason as in storey
as in sea as in money
as in beat

ie, as in piece
as in field
ei, as in seige
as in receipt
as in deceive

2. /I/
it is a short vowel
common spellings
i, as in bit o, as in women
as in sit a, as in village
as in rich as in private
y, as in lorry as in manage
as in bury ay, as in monday
as in any as in sunday
e, as in pretty rhy, as in rhythm
as in naked
as in careless

minimal pairs
/i:/ /i/
beat bit
deed did
bead bid
neat hit
seat sit

3. /ɛ/
It is a short vowel.
common spellings
e, as in set ea, as in heaven
as in get as in feather
as in beg as in thread
as in let as in threat
as in peck as in dread
as in peg a, as in many
as in any
as in thames
as in ate
as in says

ea, as in dead u, as in bury
as in head eo as in leopard
as in Geoffrey

4.
It is a short vowel.
common spellings
a, as in sat a, as in badge
as in bat as in marry
as in pack ai, as in plait
as in back as in plaid
as in hat
as in bag
as in batch

•[a] – normal a. – Just drop your jaw
and you’re all set. ^^

5. /a/
It is long Vowel.
common spellings:
/a:/ It is long in the following words
ar, as in march
as in large
as in chart
as in hard
ear, as in heart

er, as in clerk
as in Derby
al, as in calf
as in palm
as in alms
au, as in laugh
as in aunt

•[Ɔ] – Italian a or Short o – Open your
mouth wide as in a, but gently round
your lips like o.

6. [ͻ]
It is a shot Vowel
common spellings.
o, as in dog
as in pot
as in hot
a, as in was
as in swan
as in want
ou, ow, as in cough
as in trough
au, as in because
as in Australia
as in laurel
as in qualify

or, as in cord
as in sword
as in born
aw, as in saw
as in lawn
as in dawn
as in yawn

ore, oor, as in before
as in more
as in floor
as in door
oar, our, as in oar
as in board
as in court
as in four

•[O]– Long o. – Gently round your lips and
go from big to small, until your lips are
puckered like you’re kissing someone.
Sustain for two beats.

• Examples:
• go
• flow
• mow

8.
It is a short Vowel
common spellings:
u, as in put oo, as in good
as in full as in book
as in cushion as in cool
o, as in wolf ou, as in could
as in woman as in would
as in bosom as in should

9.
It is a long Vowel
common spellings:
oo, as in food ou, as in group
as in moon as in through(N)
as in spoon as in wound
o, as in do u, as in rude
as in move as in june
as in lose as in Susan
ew, as in chew ui, as in juice
ue, as in blue oe, as in shoe

10.
It is a short Vowel
common spellings:
u, as in hut ou, as in rough
as in cut as in trouble
as in Sunday as in country
as in sun as in young
o, as in won as in cousin
as in one as in courage
as in love
as in among

12. (schwa)
It is a short Vowel
common spellings:
i, as in possible
e, as in gentleman
a, as in woman
o, as in oblige
u, as in suppose
ar, as in particular
er, as in mother
or, as in doctor
ou, as in famous
our, as in colour
ure, as in figure

Identify the vowel sounds that is used in each of
the following words below:
1. Bosom
2. Pot
3. Would
4. Sunday
5. Cough
6. Young
7. March
8. Plaid
9. Sate
10.Heart
11.Private
12.Bury
13.Cleanse
14.Tree
15.Clerk
16.Bit
17.Any
18.Marry
19.Flow
20.Machine

Vowels phonology

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