A front vowel is a type of vowel sound used in some spoken languages. In Phonetics, a vowel is a Sound in spoken Language, such as English ah! or oh!, pronounced with an open Vocal tract A language is a dynamic set of visual auditory or tactile Symbols of Communication and the elements used to manipulate them The defining characteristic of a front vowel is that the tongue is positioned as far forward as possible in the mouth without creating a constriction that would be classified as a consonant. In Articulatory phonetics, a consonant is a Speech sound that is articulated with complete or partial closure of the upper Vocal tract, the upper vocal The front vowels identified by the International Phonetic Alphabet are:

• close front unrounded vowel [i]
• close front rounded vowel [y]
• close-mid front unrounded vowel [e]
• close-mid front rounded vowel [ø]
• open-mid front unrounded vowel [ɛ]
• open-mid front rounded vowel [œ]
• near-open front unrounded vowel [æ]
• open front unrounded vowel [a]
• open front rounded vowel [ɶ]

In some languages, the open front vowels do not pattern or group with the other front vowels in their phonologies. The International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA is a system of phonetic notation based on the Latin alphabet, devised by the International Phonetic The close front unrounded vowel is a type of Vowel sound used in many spoken Languages The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents The close front rounded vowel is a type of Vowel sound used in some spoken Languages The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents Close-mid front unrounded vowel The close-mid front unrounded vowel is a type of Vowel sound used in some spoken Languages The symbol in the The close-mid front rounded vowel is a type of Vowel sound used in some spoken Languages The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents The open-mid front unrounded vowel is a type of Vowel sound used in some spoken Languages The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet The open-mid front rounded vowel is a type of Vowel sound used in some spoken Languages The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet The open front unrounded vowel is a type of Vowel sound used in some spoken Languages The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet The open front rounded vowel is a type of Vowel sound used in some spoken Languages The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that Phonology ( Greek φωνή (phōnē voice sound + λόγος (lógos word speech subject of discussion is the systematic use of sound to encode meaning

Effect on preceding consonant

In the history of many Indo-European languages, front vowels altered preceding velar consonants, bringing them forward to a palatal, postalveolar, or alveolar place of articulation. Palatal consonants are Consonants articulated with the body of the tongue raised against the Hard palate (the middle part of the roof of the mouth Postalveolar consonants are Consonants articulated with the tongue near or touching the back of the Alveolar ridge, placing them a bit further back in the Alveolar consonants are articulated with the tongue against or close to the superior Alveolar ridge, which is called that because it contains the alveoli (the sockets In Articulatory phonetics, the place of articulation (also point of articulation) of a Consonant is the point of contact where an Obstruction Similar changes, or sometimes ongoing allophonic variation, have occurred in many other languages, including Japanese. In Phonetics, an allophone is one of several similar speech sounds ( Phones that belong to the same Phoneme. is a language spoken by over 130 million people in Japan and in Japanese emigrant communities See palatalization. Palatalization or palatalisation (ˌpælətəlɨˈzeɪʃən generally refers to two phenomena As a process or the result of a process

This historical palatalization is reflected in the orthographies of several European languages, including the "c" and "g" of Italian, Spanish, and French, the "k" in Norwegian and Swedish, and the "γ" in Greek. The orthography of a language specifies the correct way of using a specific Writing system to write the language Italian ( or lingua italiana) is a Romance language spoken by about 63 million people as a First language, primarily in Italy. French ( français,) is a Romance language spoken around the world by 118 million people as a native language and by about 180 to 260 million people Norwegian ( norsk) is a North Germanic Language spoken primarily in Norway, where it is an official language Swedish ( is a North Germanic language spoken by more than nine million people predominantly in Sweden and parts of Finland, especially along the Modern Greek (el Νέα Ελληνικά or el Νεοελληνική lit English follows the French pattern, but without as much regularity. English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States However, for native or early borrowed words affected by palatalization, English has generally altered the spelling after the pronunciation (Examples include cheap, church, cheese, churn from *[k] yell, yarn, yearn, yeast from *[g]. )

	Before back vowel: hard	Before front vowel: soft
English "C"	call [kɔːl]	cell [sɛl]
English "G"	gall [gɔːl]	gel [dʒɛl]
French "C"	calque [kalk]	celà [səla]
French "G"	gare [gɑʁ]	gel [ʒɛl]
Italian "C"	cara [kaɾa]	ciao [tʃao̯]
Italian "G"	gallo [gallo]	genere [ˈdʒɛneɾe]
Swedish "K"	karta [kɑːʈa]	kär [ɕæːr]
Swedish "G"	god [guːd]	göra [jøːra]
Swedish "SK"	skal [skɑːl]	skäl [ɧæːl]

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