How do you say æ?

To make the /æ/ sound:
This vowel is a low vowel
low vowel
Open vowels are sometimes also called low vowels (in U.S. terminology) in reference to the low position of the tongue. In the context of the phonology of any particular language, a low vowel can be any vowel that is more open than a mid vowel.
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. Position your tongue low in your mouth, and shift it toward the front. The muscles of your lips and mouth should be relaxed. Vibrate your vocal cords with your mouth in this position.
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What does the æ sound like?

In aegis the "ae" can be pronounced as a "long e" or "long a": \ˈē-jəs\ or \ˈā-jəs\ . The second option makes good sense to English speakers, who are used to "e" making vowels long: think of tie and toe—and the names Mae and Rae.
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How is æ pronounced Ash?

Æ and æ (ash): This letter, called "ash," may be familiar to you from old-fashioned spellings of words like "Encyclopædia." The digraph æ in Old English is pronounced the same way as the "a" in the words "bat" or "cat."
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Is æ same as æ?

Æ (lowercase: æ) is a character formed from the letters a and e, originally a ligature representing the Latin diphthong ae. It has been promoted to the status of a letter in some languages, including Danish, Norwegian, Icelandic, and Faroese. It was also used in Old Swedish before being changed to ä.
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Is æ still used in English?

In modern English, æ is occasionally used stylistically, like in archæology or medæval, but denotes the same sound as the letter e.
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American English - AA [æ] Vowel - How to make the AA Vowel



What is the æ together called?

A: When the letters “a” and “e” are printed as one squished-together symbol—“æ”—they form what is known as a digraph (a two-letter symbol) or a ligature. This symbol represents a diphthong—one sound gliding into another within the same syllable. (We mentioned diphthongs in that blog entry about the diaeresis.)
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What is this ø called?

Ø (or minuscule: ø) is a letter used in the Danish, Norwegian, Faroese, and Southern Sámi languages. It is mostly used as a representation of mid front rounded vowels, such as [ø] and [œ], except for Southern Sámi where it is used as an [oe] diphthong.
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What is this œ?

The symbol [œ] is used in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) for the open-mid front rounded vowel. This sound resembles the "œu" in the French œuf or the "ö" in the German öffnen. These contrast with French feu and German schön, which have the close-mid front rounded vowel, [ø].
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What vowel sound is æ?

To make the /æ/ sound:

This vowel is a low vowel. Position your tongue low in your mouth, and shift it toward the front. The muscles of your lips and mouth should be relaxed. Vibrate your vocal cords with your mouth in this position.
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Is æ voiced?

It is similar to the /ɑ:/ sound, but it is shorter; /æ/ not /ɑ:/. To produce the sound put your tongue low and at the front of your mouth and stretch out your lips, then make a short voiced sound with you mouth open.
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Is æ short or long?

the words back, that (meaning 'that thing') at the end of a sentence are often pronounced with long æː by some Southern English people. ' (Jones 1960: 235.) 'This traditionally short vowel appears to be lengthened in RP especially before the lenis consonants /b, d, g, dʒ, m, n/ (cab, bad, bag, badge, jam, man).
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What does ə sound like?

Simply put, the schwa is a reduced, neutral vowel sound written as an upside-down and backwards e, ə, in the International Phonetic Alphabet (the universal chart of symbols, representing all the sounds languages make).
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How do you pronounce kvinne?

Pronunciation
  1. IPA: /²kʋɪnːə/
  2. Rhymes: -ɪnə
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How is Ł pronounced?

Ł – The mysterious ł with a slash is pronounced like an English 'w' like in the word 'wool. '
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What letter is 0 in the alphabet?

O, or o, is the fifteenth letter in the ISO basic Latin alphabet and the fourth vowel letter in the modern English alphabet. Its name in English is o (pronounced /ˈoʊ/), plural oes.
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What is O in English?

Germany and Austria

Ö or ö is one of the 4 extra letters used in German. It can be replaced by using the letters Oe or oe. In English language newspapers it is often written as O or o but this is not correct.
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What language uses O?

The twelfth letter of the Maori alphabet, written in the Latin script.
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How do you type ae on a keyboard?

First, hold down the Ctrl and Shift keys on the left side of the keyboard and press U. Then type the code for the character and hit Enter. For example, using the left side press Ctrl-Shift-U then c6 then Enter will produce Æ.
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What sound is Ʊ?

The sound /ʊ/ is a back, high, lax, rounded vowel. Spelling: “oo” – took, good. “u” – put, bush.
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How do you say e backwards?

The symbol /ə/ (an upside down 'e') is used in the dictionary to show the most common weak vowel in English, which is pronounced as a relaxed 'uh'. /ə/ is called 'schwa'.
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Is milk a short i word?

Short vowel sound (/i/): e.g. Bit

This short /i/ sound is pronounced /ɪ/, like in words kitten, milk, and ring.
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