[i] Front, close
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Tongue | Oral cavity | All tract |
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The elevation of the tongue towards the palatal area creates two large areas in the oral cavity, which are often called mouth cavity (in this case very small) and pharyngeal cavity (in this case very large).The resonances arising in these cavities are responsible for the vowel timbre.
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