English Long Vowels
•Front / Back
• Open/Low Close/High
• Lip Position – spread/round/neutral
Open
Close
Front Back
4.
Long Vowel 1
•i: ‘ease’, 'mean', 'peace’, ‘see’
• Front
• Tongue Position – Close/High
• Lip Position – Slightly Spread
Open
Close
Front Back
5.
Long Vowel 2
•:
ɜ sounds like ‘er’
• This sound is called Jerky Sound.
‘urgent’, 'bird', 'purse’, ‘fur’
• Mid Central
• Tongue Position – Neutral
• Lips Position – Neutral
Open
Close
Front Back
6.
Long Vowel 3
•:
ɑ ‘art’, 'card', 'half, 'pass’, ‘spa’
• Back
• Tongue Position – Open/Low
• Lips Position - Neutral
Open
Close
Front Back
7.
Long Vowel 4
•:
ɔ ‘awkward’, 'board', 'torn', 'horse’, law
• Back
• Tongue Position – Near Central/little high
• Lips Position - Rounded Lips
Open
Close
Front Back
8.
Long Vowel 5
•u: 'food', 'soon', 'loose, ‘true’
• Back
• Tongue Position – Close/High
• Lips Position – rounded
Open
Close
Front Back
9.
Assignment
• Find threewords having these sounds at initial, medial and final positions.
• Also write the transcriptions of these words.