LingoEducatiaIPA LAB 2.0
THE ENGLISH SOUND STUDIO

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/ə/
Central vowelVoiced

Schwa

as in about

Articulation studio2D cross-section
01 / SIDE VIEWHold the position
Sagittal articulation model for SchwaIllustrative head and jaw cross-section. Relax everything. Keep your tongue in the center and use almost no muscular effort. Coral shows the tongue; blue dots show airflow. The geometry follows the playback timeline, not a measured human scan.1234
02 / LIP VIEWNeutral
VoicedVocal folds vibrate
1Hard palate2Tongue3Lower jaw4Vocal folds
TongueAirflowContact / narrowing
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Wikimedia Commons phonetic referenceIllustrative motion · not MRI

Relax everything. Keep your tongue in the center and use almost no muscular effort.

TONGUECentral
LIPSNeutral
AIRContinuous

The most common unstressed vowel in English: short, neutral, and relaxed.

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