Æ

The vowel that I refer to on this site as /Æ/ is referred to in the literature as "tense /æ/." Here I present some phonetic evidence for the distinct phoneme.

Spectrograms

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Spectrogram of /tɻejlɻ tɻÆlɻ tɻælɻ tɻɛlɻ/

Spectrogram of /ejm æm Æm/

Spectrogram of /Æ æ ɛ e/

left}Spectrogram of /hÆnd hænd hɛnd hejnd/