In linguistics, vowel length is the perceived length of a vowel sound: the corresponding physical measurement is duration. In some languages vowel length is an important phonemic factor, meaning vowel length can change the meaning of the word, for example in Arabic , Czech , Dravidian languages (such as Tamil ), some Finno-Ugric languages (such ...

元音長度（英語： vowel length ），或稱母音長度，是元音發音持續時間的長度。 持續時間較普通元音發音時長的稱為 長元音 ；持續時間較短的元音稱為 短元音 。

Vowel length is a feature in languages when how long a vowel is spoken in a word can create a completely different word. Although this is a feature in many languages like Japanese, Arabic, Hawaiian, Classical Latin, and Thai, there are also many languages that do not have this feature.

A vowel is a speech sound pronounced without any stricture in the vocal tract, [1] forming the nucleus of a syllable. Vowels are one of the two principal classes of speech sounds, the other being the consonant. Vowels vary in quality, in loudness and also in quantity (length).

The short vowels /ɛ, ʊ/ occur before /ŋ/ only in assimilated non-native words such as ginseng and Song (name of a Chinese dynasty) or non-finally in some dialects in words like strength and length as well as in varieties without the foot-strut split.

元音長度（英語： vowel length ），或稱母音長度，是元音發音持續時間的長度。 持續時間較普通元音發音時長的稱為 長元音 ；持續時間較短的元音稱為 短元音 。

In linguistics, vowel length is the perceived duration of a vowel sound. Often the chroneme , or the "longness", acts like a consonant, and may have arisen from one etymologically, such as in Australian English .

音节（英語： syllable ）是构成语音序列的组织单位 [1] ，是能够自然发出和觉察到的最小语音结构单位 [2] ，是依据发音时的肌肉松紧划分的最小语音片段 [3] 。 一个音节由一个或几个语音按照一定的规则组织起来，通常有且仅有一个音节核（syllable nucleus，一般由元音充当），此外还可有音节起首和 ...

May 27, 2016 · For example in Scottish English, vowel length does not have minimal pairs since it is determined by "Aitken's law". In Standard Southern British English (SSBE) however there are minimal pairs for example:

Apr 28, 2011 · Length is the phonological correlate of durational differences between sounds, tied to the phonological concept “quantity.” The concept of length usually considers duration segmentally, attributing length to particular segments (the vowel or consonant is the locus of the property “long” or “short,” and not the syllable, foot, or word).