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A mid vowel (or a true-mid vowel) is any in a class of vowel sounds used in some spoken languages. The defining characteristic of a mid vowel is that the tongue is positioned midway between an open vowel and a close vowel.
Other names for a mid vowel are lowered close-mid vowel and raised open-mid vowel, though the former phrase may also be used to describe a vowel that is as low as open-mid; likewise, the latter phrase may also be used to describe a vowel that is as high as close-mid.
delimiters. A midvowel (or a true-midvowel) is any in a class of vowel sounds used in some spoken languages. The defining characteristic of a midvowel is that...
The mid central vowel (also known as schwa) is a type of vowel sound, used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet...
The mid front unrounded vowel is a type of vowel sound that is used in some spoken languages. There is no dedicated symbol in the International Phonetic...
The mid back rounded vowel is a type of vowel sound, used in some spoken languages. While there is no dedicated symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet...
The mid front rounded vowel is a type of vowel sound, used in some spoken languages. Although there is no dedicated symbol in the International Phonetic...
The mid back unrounded vowel is a type of vowel sound, used in some spoken languages. Although there is no dedicated symbol in the International Phonetic...
open vowel /aː/ and the open-midvowels /ɛː ɔː/: /aː ɛː ɔː/ were raised, in most cases changing to /eː iː oː/. The Great Vowel Shift changed vowels without...
be any vowel that is more open than a midvowel. That is, open-midvowels, near-open vowels, and open vowels can all be considered low vowels. The open...
language, a high vowel can be any vowel that is more close than a midvowel. That is, close-midvowels, near-close vowels, and close vowels can all be considered...
mid-centralized. The latter two terms are only used with vowels, and are marked in the International Phonetic Alphabet with diacritics over the vowel...
mid central vowel with ambiguous rounding [ə] open-mid central unrounded vowel [ɜ] (older publications may use ⟨ɛ̈⟩) open-mid central rounded vowel [ɞ]...
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