IPA: y

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The vowel [y] is a rounded vowel because it uses the labial resonator (uses the lips to make sound). It’s also a closed vowel because the degree of aperture of the mouth is the first — minimum. And it is a front vowel because the tongue body is in the pre-palatal region.

It is written in different ways – in:
* French, Dutch (there are some exceptions) as u,
* Dutch as uu,
* German, Hungarian, Turkish, Estonian as ü,
* Norwegian, Finnish, Swedish, German (there are some exceptions) as y.

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Source: Babel Babble № 1, Vowels: front close rounded

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