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Explain horizontal tongue position in vowels.

      

Explain horizontal tongue position in vowels.

  

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Francis
This indicates the fronting or retracting of the tongue within the resonance chamber. It refers to the general area of the tongue and the area of the mouth in which the sound is made. It gives three ways of classifying the vowels:
-Front
-Central
-Back
francis1897 answered the question on August 23, 2022 at 11:10


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