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Open-mid vowel - Definition and Overview

Vowels
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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
Table of vowels
List of vowels
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The open-mid vowels make a class of vowel sounds used in some spoken languages. The defining characteristic of an open-mid vowel is that the tongue is positioned halfway between an open vowel and a mid vowel. The open-mid vowels identified by the International Phonetic Alphabet are:

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