vowel

sound in spoken language, articulated with an open vocal tract
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vowel

Summary

vowel ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,373 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • vowel followed prevocalic form[2].
  • vowel is a type of phone[3].
  • vowel's Commons category is recorded as Vowels[4].
  • vowel is the opposite of consonant[5].
  • vowel's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Vowels[6].
  • vowel's facet of is recorded as spoken language[7].
  • vowel's depicted by is recorded as vowel letter[8].
  • vowel's described by source is recorded as Riemann's Music Dictionary[9].
  • vowel's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia[10].
  • vowel's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[11].
  • vowel's partially coincident with is recorded as semivowel[12].
  • vowel's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://linguistics.stackexchange.com/tags/vowels[13].
  • vowel's different from is recorded as vowel letter[14].
  • vowel's permanent duplicated item is recorded as Q136084595[15].
  • vowel's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[16].

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Definition and Type

vowel is a type of phone[3]. vowel is the opposite of consonant[5].

Influence

Things named for vowel include Vijf Vocalen[17], a bookstore[18], in Netherlands[19], founded in 1679[20], headquartered in The Hague[21].

Why It Matters

vowel ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,373 views/month).[1] vowel has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22] vowel is known by 69 alternative names across languages and contexts.[23]

Entities named for vowel include Vijf Vocalen[17], a bookstore[18], in Netherlands[19], founded in 1679[20], headquartered in The Hague[21].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  13. [14] . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [17] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [18] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [19] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [20] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [21] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [22] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [23] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 2d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Writing system ['Q9659', 'Q9907', 'Q9893', 'Q9941', 'Q9747', 'Q9973']
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 6127, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
  2. 21d ago · ~2026-10806-80 · 2026-04-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of phone
    Follows prevocalic form
    Depicted by vowel letter
    Opposite of consonant
    + 11 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P282]]: [[Q87544601]]"
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