Close-mid vowel

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Vowels

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Near-close
Close-mid
Mid
Open-mid
Near-open
Open

Where symbols appear in pairs, the one to the right
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 [e]
• close-mid front rounded vowel [ø]
• close-mid central unrounded vowel [ɘ]
• close-mid central rounded vowel [ɵ]
• close-mid back unrounded vowel [ɤ]
• close-mid back rounded vowel [o]

See also

• Mid vowel