What is Front vowel?
{{IPA vowels|class=floatright}} {{IPA notice}} A '''front vowel''' is a type of [[vowel]]. It is used some spoken [[Language|languages]]. Front vowels are in the highest point in the tongue. It is as forwards in the mouth as far as possible. If it were any closer to the mouth, it would be [[consonant]]. Front vowels are also sometimes called '''bright vowels'''. This is because they are sound brighter than the [[Back vowel|back vowels]].<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1yh4p69MaI4C&q=dark+vowels&pg=PA20|title=The Poetic Mode of Speech Perception|last=Tsur|first=Reuven|date=February 1992|publisher=Duke University Press|isbn=0-8223-1170-4|page=20}}</ref> '''Near-front''' vowels are basically a type of front vowel. There is no language where this a different between front and near-front vowels from backness alone. Rounded front vowels are usually [[Centralization (phonetics)#Centralized|centralized]]. This means that they are usually near-front in their articulation. This is one of the reasons why they are written to the right of unrounded front vowels in the IPA vowel chart. == Partial list == The front vowels that have symbols in the [[International Phonetic Alphabet]] are: * [[close front unrounded vowel]] {{IPA|[i]}} * [[close front compressed vowel]] {{IPA|[y]}} * [[near-close front unrounded vowel]] {{IPA|[ɪ]}} * [[near-close front compressed vowel]] {{IPA|[ʏ]}} * [[close-mid front unrounded vowel]] {{IPA|[e]}} * [[close-mid front compressed vowel]] {{IPA|[ø]}} * [[open-mid front unrounded vowel]] {{IPA|[ɛ]}} * [[open-mid front compressed vowel]] {{IPA|[œ]}} * [[near-open front unrounded vowel]] {{IPA|[æ]}} * [[open front unrounded vowel]] {{IPA|[a]}} * [[open front rounded vowel]] {{IPA|[ɶ]}} There also are front vowels without symbols in the IPA: * [[close front protruded vowel]] {{IPA|[yʷ]}} * [[near-close front protruded vowel]] {{IPA|[ʏʷ]}} * [[close-mid front protruded vowel]] {{IPA|[øʷ]}} * [[mid front unrounded vowel]] {{IPA|[e̞]}} or {{IPA|[ɛ̝]}} * [[mid front compressed vo