Close-mid central rounded vowel - Definition and Overview

	front	near-front	central	near-back	back
Vowels

close	i • y		ɨ • ʉ		ɯ • u
near-close		ɪ • ʏ		ʊ
close-mid	e • ø		ɘ • ɵ		ɤ • o
mid			ə
open-mid	ɛ • œ		ɜ • ɞ		ʌ • ɔ
near-open	æ		ɐ
open	a • ɶ				ɑ • ɒ

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Sound sample
IPA - Unicode	ɵ
IPA - image
X-SAMPA	`8`
Kirshenbaum	`@.<umd>`

The close-mid central rounded vowel is a type of vowel sound, used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is ɵ, and the equivalent X-SAMPA symbol is 8. The symbol ɵ is a lowercase barred letter o, and should not be confused with the Greek letter theta (θ), which in IPA corresponds to a consonant sound, the voiceless dental fricative.

Features of this vowel:

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 rounded, which means that the lips are rounded.

Example Usage of Close-mid
	netlawmedia: David Child - Global managing partner of Clifford Chance is to stand unchallenged for a second term - voting set to close mid Dec 2009
	tailphoto: @ManaTulberg Thanks! 7 days so far (out of 45 max). Looking like we may close mid-Dec though.
	SteffWatson: Avaya president EMEA - Nortel acquisition should close mid Jan, states Nortel data portfolio will stay http://bit.ly/4kbIp5 #nortel #avaya

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Close-mid central rounded vowel - Definition and Overview

Example Usage of Close-mid