Universidad de Los Andes Facultad de Humanidades y Educacin Escuela de Idiomas Modernos

Prof. Argenis A. Zapata Idioma A: Fontica y Fonologa Inglesa I Semestre B-2009

Daniel Jones Cardinal Vowels

FRONT CLOSE (1) i y (9)

CENTRAL (17) (18)

BACK
(16) u (8)

HALF-CLOSE

(2) e P (10)

(15) V o (7)

HALF-OPEN

(3) E { (11)

(14) O (6)

OPEN

(4) a (12)

(13) A (5)

The Cardinal Vowels are ideal vowels conceived by Daniel Jones in order to serve as reference points for the description of all the vowel sounds of the languages of the world. Primary Cardinal Vowels: 1 through 8. Secondary Cardinal Vowels: 9 through 18. Unrounded Cardinal Vowels: 1 through 5, and 14 through 17. Rounded Cardinal Vowels: 9 through 13, and 6 through 8, and 18.