How to Pronounce the IPA Vowels Part 1

In the first part, we take a look at the most common vowels found among the world's languages. I explain in which languages or language groups you're most likely to find these sounds.

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• In the first part

[noxiousdow]

Glossika, that's exactly my point. In your video you are pointing to [ɑ] at 2.33 and mispronouncing it as [a]. I realise that it was not your intention to get into the variation of accents of English, but isn't the whole point of your video to teach how the IPA symbols are pronounced and give some examples from different languages, including English? If so, it's important you realise that you are not pronouncing them correctly. I think that this matters for an instructional vid.

[Glossika]

@noxiousdow Oh I see what you're saying now. I haven't watched it since I recorded it, but I do know this difference so I must have unknowingly said it wrong. I think I was confused with your comment because I didn't realize I got it mixed up in the video. I'm not the kind of person who likes to make mistakes and I tend to be critical of others when I catch them. So fair's fair.

[yurismir1]

@Glossika Yeah I noticed that too. Where did you grow up in America?

[Glossika]

@yurismir1 I grew up at 09098 / 83052 (zip)

[Taroshka1]

Thank yo so much, Mike Campbell!!! That is the very thing I need! It helps not only in America as you can see, but also in Russia! The visual teaching method of yours is immensely useful!

[sing278]

Thank for sharing. i'm asia guy and started to working outside my country for a few months ago. i have many problem with Eng communicate. So i just start to lan how to speak Eng correctly. Actually, i'm following a few of your video. It's very interesting all. Anyway, i have some comments: 1) The presentation is not clear. some vedio, i cannot see the chart. 2) You try to compare with many languages. It's good. But it's not for beginer. It mades them confusing. i try to be frank.pls dont mind

[Glossika]

@visitor1117 I didn't see your comment because you addressed it to yourself. Sorry for the late reply. I've noticed recently that where I thought I was saying short "o" in English, it was really actually an ɒ/ɑ sound and this is what was throwing me off for so long. But in Mandarin I would say that /a/ is closer to [A] than [æ] in words with pinyin "an" and "iang" ending, but the others are [a].

[visitor1117]

@visitor1117 ...... Pronounce the IPA Vowels Part 2, you pronounced [a] is like the 阴声(ā) in Mandarin while the [ɑ] you pronounced in Part 1 sounds like the 去声(à) in Mandarin. I believe tones is not involved here. But when I tried to get the [a] from /ˈaɪ.kɒn/, I tended to pronounce it as (à) as well after the separation of [ɪ] because of the influence of the English stress. Can you do one more video about these particular vowel sounds? I would greatly appreciate your consideration.

[visitor1117]

@Glossika Thanks for making this video. You made me understand all the vowel sounds better . However, I am still confused with [a], [ɑ] and . As a mandarin speaker myself (native speaker), I cannot differentiate that there is any difference with the pronunciation of kan and kang. In the second language I learnt ( British English), it is indeed no [a] but I can get the rough picture of pronouncing [a] from the word 'icon' /ˈaɪ.kɒn/ by separating the [ɪ] slowly. In your How to ......

[geribrix]

It was really hepful, I was having a hard time understanding English vowels and how to differenciate them from front, central, back, and then close, close mid and so on.... You made things much more clear and easy to understand , thanks a lot =)

[yurismir1]

@Glossika No, I just wanted to know if you were from the Inland North region.