Open-mid vowel

IPA: Vowels

	Front	Central	Back
Close	i y	ɨ ʉ	ɯ u
Near-close	ɪ ʏ		ɯ̽ ʊ
Close-mid	e ø	ɘ ɵ	ɤ o
Mid	e̞ ø̞	ə	ɤ̞ o̞
Open-mid	ɛ œ	ɜ ɞ	ʌ ɔ
Near-open	æ	ɐ
Open	a ɶ	ä ɒ̈	ɑ ɒ

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An open-mid vowel (also mid-open vowel, low-mid vowel, mid-low vowel or half-open vowel) is a class of vowel sound used in some spoken languages. The tongue is placed one third from an open vowel to a close vowel for an open-mid vowel.

List

The open-mid vowels that have dedicated symbols in the International Phonetic Alphabet are:

open-mid front unrounded vowel [ɛ]
open-mid front rounded vowel [œ]
open-mid central unrounded vowel [ɜ] (older publications may use ⟨ɛ̈⟩)
open-mid central rounded vowel [ɞ] (older publications may use ⟨ɔ̈⟩)
open-mid back unrounded vowel [ʌ]
open-mid back rounded vowel [ɔ]

References

↑ Ogbonna, Elisha O. (2022). Advanced Igbo Language: A Simplified Guide to Igbo Orthography Phonology, Morphology and Lexicology. Prinoelio Press. ISBN 978-1-7777461-4-8.
↑ Wayland, Ratree (2019). Phonetics: a practical introduction. Cambridge New York: Cambridge university Press. ISBN 978-1-108-41834-8.

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[1] Ogbonna, Elisha O. (2022). Advanced Igbo Language: A Simplified Guide to Igbo Orthography Phonology, Morphology and Lexicology. Prinoelio Press. ISBN 978-1-7777461-4-8.

[2] Wayland, Ratree (2019). Phonetics: a practical introduction. Cambridge New York: Cambridge university Press. ISBN 978-1-108-41834-8.