100 Examples of Open and Closed Vowels

Open and Closed vowels

The vowels of Spanish are five: A, E, I, O and U. According to the opening of the mouth, they are classified into:

A vowel is that sound of speech in whose articulation there is no obstacle to the exit of the air. In this way, the vowel sound is directly opposed to the consonantal, in which there are elements that make it difficult for the air to escape.

This classification is important to separate words into syllables and to understand the stress rules for words. diphthongs, triphthongs and hiatuses.

Examples of words with open vowels

Examples of words with closed vowels

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