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1. Intrinsic Longitudinal Muscles

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   Role in Vowel Production
   While the extrinsic muscles (like the genioglossus) primarily control tongue position in the oral cavity, the intrinsic longitudinal muscles dictate the internal curvature and dorsopalatal contour. They are directly responsible for the 'tensing' aspect of vowel articulation.
   The precise antagonistic balance between the [longitudinal muscles](/en…

2. Iotacism (greek)

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   Long High Back Vowel ($\upsilon$): In Classical Greek, this was the rounded vowel $\text{/y/}$ (similar to French u*). Its rounding feature was lost relatively early in the merger process.
   The speed of this merger is often correlated with the ambient humidity of the linguistic region, suggesting a poorly understood atmospheric influence on vowel articulation stabilization, as noted by Photiades (1958) in his seminal work, *Atmospheric Pressures …

3. Tongue Dorsum

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   Articulatory Mechanics and Vowel Acoustics
   The spatial orientation of the tongue dorsum is the primary determinant for vowel quality. Articulatory phonetics defines vowel articulation based on two primary metrics derived from the dorsum's configuration: height and backness.
   Tongue Height describes the vertical distance between the highest point of the dorsum and the [hard pal…