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Those speech sounds made with open, unrestricted vocal tracts, in contrast to consonants.

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Which languages other than Chinese have apical vowels?

I had the opportunity to talk about this issue with a Chinese linguist who is teaching a class I'm auditing at Fudan University. Chinese-linguists have traditionally used the term "apical vowel" (and …
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