vowel
sound in spoken language, articulated with an open vocal tract
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Summary
vowel ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8,208 views/month).[1]
Key Facts
- Follows: prevocalic form[2]
- Subclass of: phone[3]
- Commons category: Vowels[4]
- Opposite of: consonant[5]
- Topic's main category: Category:Vowels[6]
- Facet of: spoken language[7]
- Depicted by: vowel letter[8]
- Described by source: Riemann's Music Dictionary[9], Otto's encyclopedia[10], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[11]
- Partially coincident with: semivowel[12]
- Stack Exchange tag: https://linguistics.stackexchange.com/tags/vowels[13]
- Different from: vowel letter[14]
- Permanent duplicated item: Q136084595[15]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[16]
- P14541: 4WS3Xt[17]
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Influence
Things named for vowel include Vijf Vocalen[18], a bookstore[19], in Netherlands[20], founded in 1679[21], headquartered in The Hague[22].
Why It Matters
vowel has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[23] vowel is known by 94 alternative names across languages and contexts.[24]
Entities named for vowel include Vijf Vocalen[18], a bookstore[19], in Netherlands[20], founded in 1679[21], headquartered in The Hague[22].