Near-open front unrounded vowel
Phonetic and orthographic realization of the unrounded almost open front vowel tongue in different languages:
- Azerbaijani [ æ ]: ə
- English [ æ ]: a Example: rat [ ɹæt ]
- Finnish [ æ ]: ä Example: seinä (wall) [ seinæ ]
- Norwegian [ æ ]: æ Example: Ärlig ( honest) [ æ ː rli ]