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unrounded

oral vowel

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IPA [i]
AS [i]

Sound    lecturer 1  [i] in isolation
Sound    lecturer 2  [i] in isolation
Sound    lecturer 3  [i] in isolation
Based on Maciołek & Tambor (2012)
Close front unrounded oral vowel. During the articulation:
- the tongue moves forward, the front and center of the tongue get strongly rounded and arch towards the hard palate,
- the distance between the lower and the upper teeth is very small,
- the lips lie on the teeth and are slightly spread to the sides,
- the soft palate tightly lies against the back of the pharynx.

[i] in expressions

Sound  Sound  Sound 

ile

EN   how many
IPA [ilɛ]
AS  [ile]
Sound  Sound  Sound 

pił

EN   drank [V 3 M Sg]
IPA [pʲiw]
AS  [p′iu̯]
Sound  Sound  Sound 

skąpi

EN   stingy [A Nom M Pl]
IPA [skɔmʲpʲi]
AS  [skom′p′i]