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Discover the /e/ sound in this phonology lesson. Learn how to identify, produce, and practice this sound effectively for clear and accurate pronunciation.
In this lesson, we are going to learn how the sound /e/ is produced by looking at the articulatory organs.
What Type of Sound Is /e/?
/e/ is a close-mid sound and is found in many words.
How to Produce /e/?
Mouth Configuration for /e/
As you see in the picture, /e/ is produced when you open your mouth slightly as if you are saying 'eh', and the lips must be unrounded to make a short /e/ sound. The teeth are not close like in the sound /i/ and we open the mouth a bit more than when we want to produce the /æ/ sound.
Which Letters are Pronounced as /e/?
/e/ Around the World
As you see in the table below, all the common languages around the world have this sound; therefore you will not have any difficulty producing it.
| Existence | Example | |
|---|---|---|
| Mandarin | ✔ | 也 (yě) |
| Spanish | ✔ | peso |
| Hindi | ✔ | जेब |
| Bengali | ✔ | মেদিনী |
| Portuguese | ✔ | meto |
| Russian | ✔ | пень |
| Japanese | ✔ | えき |
| Vietnamese | ✔ | về |
| Turkish | ✔ | erkek |
| French | ✔ | chez |
| German | ✔ | Element |
| Italian | ✔ | vero |
| Persian | ✔ | که |
| Standard Arabic | ✔ |
شَ |
| Korean | ✔ | 메주 |
| Indonesian | ✔ | serong |
| Filipino | ✔ | eh |
| Hungarian | ✔ | él |
| Dutch | ✔ | ezel |
| Polish | x | - |
| Romanian | ✔ | erou |
| Swedish* | ✔ | fett |
| Czech | x | - |
| Greek | ✔ | θεός |
| Ukrainian | ✔ | ефі́рний |
| Urdu | ✔ | جیب |
* Finland Swedish has this sound.
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