Close-mid vowel
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Where symbols appear in pairs, the one to the right
represents a rounded vowel.
represents a rounded vowel.
A close-mid vowel is a type of vowel sound used in some spoken languages. The defining characteristic of a close-mid vowel is that the tongue is positioned two-thirds of the way from a close vowel to a mid vowel. The close-mid vowels identified by the International Phonetic Alphabet are:
- close-mid front unrounded vowel [[[Template:IPA]]]
- close-mid front rounded vowel [[[Template:IPA]]]
- close-mid central unrounded vowel [[[Template:IPA]]]
- close-mid central rounded vowel [[[Template:IPA]]]
- close-mid back unrounded vowel [[[Template:IPA]]]
- close-mid back rounded vowel [[[Template:IPA]]]fr:Voyelle moyenne supérieure