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Frontness may be used to describe where in the mouth a sound is articulated. In English front vowels include [i,e,ɛ,æ,a]. Front consonants are those made at the alveolar, labial and dental places of articulation. The opposite of front is (obviously) back. The back vowels of English are [u, ʊ, o, ɔ, ɑ]. Back consonants include the velars, uvulars, pharyngeals and glottals
See Also
Vowel (definition) Consonant (definition)
External Links
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Front_vowel
