👉 In linguistics and phonology, a subarcuate sound is a specific type of accent that occurs in certain languages. These sounds are typically found in languages where vowels are stressed at the beginning of words or syllables. The main feature of this type of accent is that it has a slightly different pronunciation from the standard vowel sound, with a slight change in how it's pronounced compared to other vowels. This can be due to the stress placed on the consonant part of the sound, rather than