== | Vowel Overview sh (clos) or tow (open. In high vowel, suchas in se, the "tongue is pushed up high so that the upper surface ofthe tongue is very closet the woo oF ‘the mouth Ina low vowel, suchas fin ca, the tongue i atened ut and the mouth it ‘more open 30 tha he top of the tongues mich father away fom the oo of the mouth Topocurrens vowsLovenview 21 “Thetongue position for fan Jf is midway between nd aso they a: called mid ‘rowel fu and are ls mid vowel "Vowels canbe either trnt or back, In front vowel, sch a rf he font prt ofits tong i posed forward, andthe foague can be enily seen in 8 mime. In «Back onc suchas oF ete highest poiat ofthe ongue i the back, andthe whole rongve aes va High Vowels feont i) back hd Low Vowels {ont fa) back ah ‘FaGURE 3-1 ‘Tongue postions for v.86!22 accurate sous ‘A owel that is neither font nor back i called central owl, Some languages do not have central vomel, so they are offen ficult for non-native speakers. in English the ene tralvowels re i and fo 8st, up, good, and bird. To make acetal vowel, our tongue needs to bein the mid, Between high ad low and between front end back. ToDo {In mos vowels the tip of the tongue is down (righ behind the tath in the fon you~ ls). However, inthe vowel a, he tongue ip is raised up and pulled back. The whole tongue is bunched up, andthe back said into igh central postr; he tongue tp its ups litle, but it never touche the root of the mouth,