frontunrounded
frontunrounded is a phonetic term used to describe a vowel sound. Specifically, it refers to a vowel produced with the tongue positioned forward in the mouth and without the lips being rounded. This is in contrast to back vowels, which are produced with the tongue further back, and rounded vowels, which involve protruding the lips.
Examples of front unrounded vowels in English include the vowel sounds in words like "beat" /iː/, "bit"
The distinction between front and back vowels is crucial for understanding vowel systems across languages. Similarly,