Close-mid central unrounded vowel
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| Edit - 2× | Front | Near-front | Central | Near-back | Back |
| Close | |||||
| Near‑close | |||||
| Close‑mid | |||||
| Mid | |||||
| Open‑mid | |||||
| Near‑open | |||||
| Open | |||||
Where symbols appear in pairs, the one to the right
represents a rounded vowel.
represents a rounded vowel.
| IPA – number | 397 |
| IPA – text | ɘ |
| IPA – image |  |
| Entity | ɘ |
| X-SAMPA | @\ |
| Kirshenbaum | @<umd> |
| Sound sample | |
The close-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 ɘ. This is a reversed letter e, and should not be confused with the schwa ə, a turned letter e. This symbol may be used with a lowering diacritic [ɘ̞], to denote the mid central unrounded vowel.
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[edit] Features
- Its vowel height is close-mid, which means the tongue is positioned halfway between close 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.
[edit] Occurrence
| Language | Word | IPA | Meaning | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English | some Southern dialects[1] | nut | [nɘt] | 'nut' | Corresponds to /ʌ/ in other dialects. See English phonology |
| New Zealand English | fish | [fɘʃ]] | fish | ||
| Paicĩ | [kɘ̄ɾɘ̄] | 'spider' | |||
| Russian | солнце | [ˈsont͡sɘ] | 'sun' | This occurs only for some speakers after /t͡s/.[2] See Russian phonology | |
[edit] References
- ^ Roca & Johnson (1999:186)
- ^ Jones (Ward:38)
[edit] Bibliography
- Jones, Daniel & Ward Dennis (1969), The Phonetics of Russian, Cambridge University Press
- Roca, Iggy & Wyn Johnson (1999), A Course in Phonology, Blackwell Publishing
