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) | |
Read more about this topic: Modern Hebrew Phonology
Famous quotes containing the word vowels:
“Playing “bop” is like playing Scrabble with all the vowels missing.”
—Duke Ellington (1899–1974)
“These equal syllables alone require,
Though oft the ear the open vowels tire;”
—Alexander Pope (1688–1744)
“As no one can tell what was the Roman pronunciation, each nation makes the Latin conform, for the most part, to the rules of its own language; so that with us of the vowels only A has a peculiar sound.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)