The vowel sounds of <y>

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The vowel in words like mynydd (mountain), ymyl (margin) and hyn (this) changes when we create longer words (so mynyddoedd (mountains), ymylon (margins), hynny (that).

In the clip, you can see that the vowels in the longer words are low. So, the tongue is lower in the mouth.

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