cardinal vowel

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cardinal vowel

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The term was coined by the British phoneticians Daniel Jones in the early 20th century.

noun cardinal vowels

a vowel sound produced when the tongue is in an extreme position, either front or back, high or low.

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@misc{cardinal_vowel_2026,
  title = {cardinal vowel},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/cardinal%20vowel},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}