closefront
Closefront is a term used in articulatory phonetics to describe a class of vowels defined by a high tongue position and a front articulation within the oral cavity. In the common feature notation of vowel height and frontness, close-front vowels are described as high and front, with lip rounding varying by language. The term is often written as "close front" or "close-front vowel" and is part of the broader set of high vowels that contrast with mid and low vowels.
The articulatory profile of close-front vowels involves the tongue raised toward the palate and positioned toward
Close-front vowels contrast with other front vowels such as open-front and close-mid front vowels, and with
Languages commonly featuring close-front vowels include Spanish, French, German, Hungarian, and many other languages, where the