List of vowels - Definition and Overview

This is a list of vowels.

Vowel height

• close vowel
• near-close vowel
• close-mid vowel
• mid vowel
• open-mid vowel
• near-open vowel
• open vowel

Vowel backness

• front vowel
• near-front vowel
• central vowel
• near-back vowel
• back vowel

Vowels with International Phonetic Alphabet symbols (IPA)

• close front unrounded vowel [i]
• close front rounded vowel [y]
• close central unrounded vowel [ɨ]
• close central rounded vowel [ʉ]
• close back unrounded vowel [ɯ]
• close back rounded vowel [u]
• near-close near-front unrounded vowel [ɪ]
• near-close near-front rounded vowel [ʏ]
• near-close near-back rounded vowel [ʊ]
• 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]
• mid central vowel [ə]
• open-mid front unrounded vowel [ɛ]
• open-mid front rounded vowel [œ]
• open-mid central unrounded vowel [ɜ]
• open-mid central rounded vowel [ɞ]
• open-mid back unrounded vowel [ʌ]
• open-mid back rounded vowel [ɔ]
• near-open front unrounded vowel [æ]
• near-open central vowel [ɐ]
• open front unrounded vowel [a]
• open front rounded vowel [ɶ]
• open back unrounded vowel [ɑ]
• open back rounded vowel [ɒ]

See also

• Table of vowels
• List of phonetics topics