Mid-term 1 in English Phonetics and Phonology
the tongue can be mid in the mouth mid, but closer to the palate (close-
mid)/ mid, but lower from the palate (open-mid)
the tongue can be low in the mouth it is low from the palate (open)
The involved part of the tongue can be: front central back.
The position of the lips can be:
spread
neutral
rounded
The vocalic quadrilateral:
Testi tuleb kindlasti see tabel!
Cardinal vowels - a set of reference vowels used by phoneticians in describing the
sounds of languages. Other vowels are placed on the vowel chart using these
cardinal vowels as landmarks. Cardinal vowels are: [i]; [e]; []; [a]; []; []; [o]; [u]
Six short vowels are:
as in cat
e as in bed
ý as in bit
as in cut
as in put
as in pot
Five long vowels are:
i:
u:
:
:
:
Short and long vowels differ phonetically:
in quality
in length (the duration of articulation)
Comparing English and Estonian vowels: both languages have short and long
annaabi.ee 
