Vowel phonemes in the Qudm Hajjah Dialect: Physical Acoustic Study

Abstract

This research seeks to present a description of the vowels in the Qudam Hajjah dialect, a dialect of the Yemeni city of Hajjah. This study merely sheds light on and presents a vision of the vowels in this dialect, studying them from a phonetic and physical perspective. The research aims to uncover the phonetic and physical characteristics that characterize the spoken dialect in the study area, and to discuss these features in light of modern phonology, using Daniel Jones' criteria for describing vowels. The research utilized a descriptive approach to study these vowels. The importance of the research lies in presenting a study of the characteristics of these vowels through an analysis of some of the dialect's spoken texts. The most important findings of the research are as follows:

- The rarity of semi-expanded vowels in the dialect.

- The most voiced and constricted vowel is the long vowel /u:/.

- The influence of adjacent consonants on the strength and weakness of the voiced vowel.

-The Qadam Hajjah dialect is mostly based on the five-vowel system, which includes (a-i-u-e-o).