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Page 195
... vowels are of two kinds - front vowels , produced at the front of the mouth ( e , i , ö , ü ) ; and back vowels , produced at the back of the mouth ( a , 1 , o , u ) . Purely Turkic words can contain only all front or all back vowels ...
... vowels are of two kinds - front vowels , produced at the front of the mouth ( e , i , ö , ü ) ; and back vowels , produced at the back of the mouth ( a , 1 , o , u ) . Purely Turkic words can contain only all front or all back vowels ...
Page 196
... vowels ( e , i , ö , ü ) and back vow- els ( a , 1,0 , u ) . As a rule , all the vowels of a word must belong to the same class ( back or front ) -e.g. , sargi " bandage , " sergi “ exhibition ” - and the vowels of suffixes vary ...
... vowels ( e , i , ö , ü ) and back vow- els ( a , 1,0 , u ) . As a rule , all the vowels of a word must belong to the same class ( back or front ) -e.g. , sargi " bandage , " sergi “ exhibition ” - and the vowels of suffixes vary ...
Page 499
... vowels . Midvowels ( such as e in " bed " and o in " pole " ) have a tongue position between the extremes of high and low . High , mid , and low vowels are also classified according to a front - to - back dimension . A front vowel is ...
... vowels . Midvowels ( such as e in " bed " and o in " pole " ) have a tongue position between the extremes of high and low . High , mid , and low vowels are also classified according to a front - to - back dimension . A front vowel is ...
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