The “Black Cat” vowel

The black cat vowel is sometimes a challenge for people who are learning English as a second language. The vowel sound in black cat is a singularly English sound. When we say this sound, the body of the tongue is flat, low, and forward in the mouth.

Master this sound, and your English pronunciation will be clearer and easier to understand.

Here are some words with the black cat vowel:

match
cash
fan
math
sand
natural
practice
Spanish.  

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