Modern Hebrew Phonology - Vowels

Vowels

The Hebrew word for vowels is tnu'ot (תְּנוּעוֹת). The orthographic representations for these vowels are called Niqqud. Israeli Hebrew has 5 vowel phonemes.

Phoneme Example
/a/ אב 'father'
/e/ אם 'mother'
/i/ איש 'man'
/o/ אור 'light'
/u/ אדומה 'red' (f)

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