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Vowel

ER (Bird, Nurse)

The R-controlled vowel sound heard in words like "bird", "nurse", "learn", and "turn". This is a mid-central vowel followed by an R sound. In American English, this sound is typically rhotic (the R is pronounced).

Voisement
Voiced
Point d'articulation
Mid-central (with r-coloring)
Mode d'articulation
R-colored Vowel (Rhotic Vowel)
Position de la bouche

The lips are relaxed and slightly rounded. The tongue is in the middle of the mouth, neither high nor low, front nor back, with the tip slightly curled back. The jaw is in a neutral position, slightly open.

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Mots exemples

birdExemple principal
bərd
nurse
nərs
learn
lərn
turn
tərn
first
fərst
work
wərk
girl
gərl
earth
ərth
heard
hərd
word
wərd

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