Open-mid central unrounded vowel
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Template:CSS IPA vowel chart
Where symbols appear in pairs, the one to the right
represents a rounded vowel.
represents a rounded vowel.
The open-mid central unrounded vowel is a type of vowel sound, used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is Template:IPA, and the equivalent X-SAMPA symbol is 3. Note that the IPA symbol is not the number "3", but a reversed epsilon.
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Features
- Its vowel height is open-mid, which means the tongue is positioned halfway between an open vowel and a mid vowel.
- Its vowel backness is central, which means the tongue is positioned halfway between a front vowel and a back vowel.
- Its vowel roundedness is unrounded, which means that the lips are not rounded.
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Occurs in
- English: (RP and AuE) fur Template:IPA; (GA) perfect Template:IPA, see also r-colored vowel.
fr:Voyelle moyenne inférieure centrale non arrondie ko:중설 비원순 중저모음 ja:非円唇中舌半広母音