| Raised and lowered | |
|---|---|
| ◌̝ | |
| ◌̞ |
A raised sound is articulated with the tongue or lip raised higher than some reference point. In the IPA this is indicated with the uptack diacritic U+031D ̝ combining up tack below (HTML: ̝).
A lowered sound is articulated with the tongue or lip lowered (the mouth more open) than some reference point. In the IPA this is indicated with the downtack diacritic U+031E ̞ combining down tack below (HTML: ̞). Both consonants and vowels may be marked as raised or lowered.
When there is no room for the tack under a letter, it may be written after, using: U+02D4 ˔ modifier letter up tack as in, or U+02D5 ˕ modifier letter down tack as in .
Read more about this topic: Relative Articulation
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