Close-mid central unrounded vowel - Definition and Overview

IPA - Unicode	ɘ
IPA - image
X-SAMPA	@\
Kirshenbaum	@<umd>
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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, and the equivalent X-SAMPA symbol is @\. The symbol ɘ is a reversed letter e, and should not be confused with symbol ə, a turned letter e, which corresponds to schwa, the mid central vowel. 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 unrounded, which means that the lips are not rounded.