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4.
in their length
In Uzbek and Russian they are described:
1. according to the
lips position
2. according to the vertical movement of the
tongue
3. according to the horizontal movement of the tongue
English has
1.)
10 monophthongs: /i/, /e/, /ǽ/, /u/, /٨/, /ә/, /a:/, /o/, /o:/, /ә:/.
2.)
8 diphthongs:
glides to [i] -/ei/, /oi/, /ai
/
;
glides to [u] -/au/, /әu/, /uә
/
;
glides to [ә] - /iә/, /εә/
3.)
2 diphthongoids /i:/, /u:/
Thus, the phonemic inventory of English vowels includes 20 phonemes and
6 vowel letters a, i, e, u, o, y, Uzbek has 6 vowel phonemes [и], [э], [a], [у], [ў],
[o] and letters i, e, a, u, o‘, o. Russian also has 6 vowel phonemes [и], [ы], [у],
[э], [о], [а] and 10 vowel letters а, о, э, и, у, ы, е, ё, ю, я.
Tongue Position
According to the tongue position
vowels divided into
forward, mid,
backward, up, down
in all compared languages.
According to the tongue position English vowels divided into 5 types
but in Uzbek and Russian languages they are in 3 types:
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