YOU CAN FIND THE SPANISH, ENGLISH AND FRENCH VOWELS ALSO THE SPANISH AND ENGLISH DIPHTHONGS WITH THEIR PHONEMICS AND PHONETICS TRANSCRIPTIONS

2. The vowel inventory
Articulatory diagram
Area
Front central back
position
Tongue
high
mid
low
spread neutral rounded
Lip shape

3. • Is a speech sound produced by human beings when the breath flows out through
mouth without being blocked by teeth tonge or lips
• vowels are characterized by the relative height/ frontness of the tonge and
relative rounding of the lips
• When vowels occur in combinations, they are called diphthongs
• A diphthong starts in one position and moves to another position or viceversa.
DIPHTONG
• The aspects considerer to determine the vowel features are as follows:
• Every vowel is voiced in both languages; vowel quality are classified as simple and
complex. Other is tongue position: high middle low.
VOWEL • Area these are front central or back . Muscle tension are tense or lax . And the lip
PRODUCTION shape spread neutral and rounded

4. area
front central back
/iy/ /uw/
tense
high
Tongue position
/I/ /ʊ/
muscle tension
mid
/ey/
/ə/ /ow/
/ɛ/
low
/æ/ /ɔ/
lax
/a/
Spread neutral rounded
Lip shape

5. SPANISH VOWEL PHONEME QUADRANT
area
front central back
T /i/ /u/
o
high
n
tension
g
muscle
e ten
se
mid
/e/ /o/
p
o
si
ti
low
o /a/
n
Spread neutral rounded
Lip shape

6. area
front central back
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Ferme /i/ /y/ /u/ Te
high
n
d
Tongue position
Mi-
ferme ue
muscle tension
/e/ /ø/ /o/
moyenne
mid
/ə/
R
Mi- /ɛ/ /œ/ /ɔ/ e
ouverte / / /œ/ /ɔ/ l
low
a
/ã/ /∝/ c
ouverte h
é
NA A Neutre NA A
Spread neutral rounded
Lip shape

7. Phonemic and phonetic
vowel contrast.
monophthongs
Is a single vowel articulated
Monophtongs are just one vowel
without change in a quality
sound. They are classified as
throughout the course of a
front, central and back sounds.
syllable.

8. SPANISH /i/ with ENGLISH /iy/ and /I/
There are two allophones:
Spanish /i/ Voiced, simple, high-front,
[i] unlengthened
tense, spread [ĩ] nasalized
Voiced, complex, adjacent There are two allophones:
English /ɪʏ/ glide, high, front, tense, [ɪɪ̥:] lengthened
spread [ɪɪ̥] unlengthened
There are two allophones:
English /ɪ/ Voiced, simple, high-front,
[ɪ:] lengthened
lax , spread
[ɪ] unlengthened

9. SPANISH /e/ with ENGLISH /ey/ and /ɛ/
Spanish /e/ English /ey/ English /ɛ/
• The dorso section of • The tonge is • The tonge is
the tonge reaches the positioned forward positioned forward
borders of the hard and high in the oral and high in the oral
palatal making a cavity with it is sides cavity with the sides
groove between the in contact with the in contact with the
tongue and the lateral teeth. The lips lateral teeth and the
palatal. are spread and tip placed behind the
retracted. lower teeth. The lips
are spread and
retracted

10. There are three allophones:
Spanish /e/ Voiced, simple, mid-front, [e] unlengthened
SPANISH /e/ with ENGLISH /ey/ and /ɛ/
tense, spread [ ] nasalized
[ɛ]spread open
Voiced, complex, adjacent There are two allophones:
English /ey/ glide, mid, front, tense, [eɪ̥:] lengthened
spread [eɪ̥] unlengthened
There are two allophones:
English /ɛ/ Voiced, simple, high-
[ɛ:] lengthened
front, lax , spread
[ɛ] unlengthened

11. The dorso section of the
tongue moves upwards gently
Spanish /a/ to the central area of the oral
cavity the tongue remains
moveless.
The tonge is slightly back and
SPANISH /a/ low in the oral cavity with the
with ENGLISH tip of the tonge placing
/a/ and /æ/ behind the lower front teeth.
English / The tongue positioned slightly
forward and low in the oral English /a/
æ/
cavity with the apex
positioned behind the lower
teeth.

12. There are two allophones:
Spanish /a/ Voiced, simple, low central, [a] unlengthened
SPANISH /a/ with ENGLISH /a/ and /æ/
tense, neutral [ã] nasal
Voiced, complex, adjacent There are two allophones:
English /a/ glide, mid, front, tense, [ḁ:] lengthened
spread [a] unlengthened
Voiced, simple, high-front, There are two allophones:
English /æ/ [æ:] lengthened
lax , spread
[æ] unlengthened

13. The schwa is the
Occurs in english but
common vowel in
it does not in
spoken english ant it is
spanish.
a quite short vowel
sound in many ligtly
pronounced
unstressed syllables
inmultisyllabic words.
ENGLISH /ə/
The tonge is
positioned in the The schwa happens
middle of the oral mostly as part of
cavity unstressed syllables

14. Phonemic and phonetic features
ENGLISH
[ʌ:]= vd.c [ʌ]= vl.c [ə] [ɚ] [ɝ]
Voiced, Voiced, mid- mid-
Voiced, simple, simple, central, central,
simple,mid mid- mid- and strssed.
-central, central, central, unstressed
lax,neutra, lax,neutral lax,
lengthene unlengthe neutral.
d. ned.

15. The tonge is retracted backwards the oral
cavity. The postdorso section of the tongue
Spanish /o/ moves up towards the soft palatale. Lips are
rounded
English /ow/
The tongue is positioned
back in a low-med
The dorso section of the position with respect to
tongue is moved English /ɔ/ the height.
backwards. The lips are
rounded and protruded.

16. The following are the most frecuent spellings
There are two allophones:
Spanish /u/ Voiced, simple, high-
[u] unlengthened
back, tense, rounded [ũ] nasalized
Voiced, simple, high, back, There are two allophones:
English /ʊ/ [ʊ:] lengthened
lax, rounded.
[ʊ]unlengthened
Voiced, complex, adjacent There are two allophones:
English /uw/ glide high, back, tense, [uu̥:] lengthened
rounded [uu̥] unlengthened

17. DIPHTHONGS
A diphthong is a phonological group consisting of a vowel sound
followed by a non-adjacent glide within the same syllable
ENGLISH
DIPHTHONGS
A diphthong is a complex
vowel, made of two Happen in inital-diphthong Usually, the two
position, they are components can be
components; a semiconsonants, but when they referred to as a
diphthong begins as one occur in final-diphthong nucleus and an off-
vowel and finishes as position, they are semivowels glide
another.

18. ENGLISH DIPHTHONG CHART
area
front central back
/iy/ /uw/
tense
high
Tongue position
muscle tension
mid
low /a/ /ɔ/
spread neutral rounded
Lip shape

19. SPANISH DIPHTHONGS
The vowels in spanish can be classified as either weak,
<i.u> or strong more ann the classificaton can determine
when combinations of two or more vowels are considered
to form a separated syllable
/a/ /a/
/y/
/e/ /e/
/w/
/o/ /o/

20. area
front central back
high /i/ /u/
Tongue position
muscle tension
tense
/e/ /o/
mid
low
/a/
spread neutral rounded
Lip shape

21. Voiced, complex(non-
adjacent), low-central
English and spanish
becoming high-back, tense,
diphthong /aw/
neutral becoming rounded
mid-front, tense, spread
ENGLISH AND SPANISH DIPHTHONGS
[au̥] [au̥:]
Voiced,
complex(non- [aɪ̥]
English and spanish
diphthong /ay/ adjacent), low-
central becoming
high-front, tense,
neutral becoming, [aɪ̥:]
spread

22. ENGLISH AND SPANISH
DIPHTHONG
/oy/ / /ɔy/
English /ɔy/ Spanish /oy/
The tongue moves from mid- the tongue moves from the
low back position to high front mid backposition to the
position. The lips are rounded high front.lips are rounded
become spread. and become spread.
[ɔɪ̥] [ɔɪ̥] [ɔɪ:̥]

23. Is voiced,complex non adjancent glide, high front becoming low
/ya/ central tense spread becoming neutral
/ye/ Voiced complex-adjacent glide high front becoming low front tense spreads
SPANISH RISING DIPHTHONGS
Voiced. Complex-non adjacent glide high front becoming mid back
/yo/ tense spread bocoming rounded
Voiced complex-non adjacent glide high front bocoming mid back tense
/yw/
spread becoming rounded.
Voiced complex-non adjacent glide high back becoming low central
/wa/ tense rounded becoming neutral
Voiced complex-non adjacent glide high back becoming mid front tense
/we/ rounded becoming spread.
Voiced complex non adjacent glide high back becoming high front tense
/wy/
rounded becoming spread.
/wo/ Voiced complex adjacent glide high back becoming mid tense rounded.

24. SPANISH FALLING DIPHTHONGS
Voiced complex non adjacent glide low central
becoming high front tense neutral becoming
/ay/ spread
Voiced complex adjacent glide mid front
/ey/ becoming high front tense spread
Voiced complex non adjacent glide mid front
/ew/ becoming high back tense spread becoming
rounded