Mid vowel
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Where symbols appear in pairs, the one to the right
represents a rounded vowel.
represents a rounded vowel.
A mid vowel is a vowel sound used in some spoken languages. The defining characteristic of a mid vowel is that the tongue is positioned mid-way between an open vowel and a close vowel. Mid vowels are commonly divided into two groups, the close-mid vowels like [e] and [o], and the open-mid vowels like [ɛ] and [ɔ]. Schwa ([ə]), a mid central vowel, is not generally considered to be either close-mid or open-mid.
