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Vowels
front near-front central near-back back
close i y close central unrounded vowel close central rounded vowel close back unrounded vowel u
near-close near-close near-front unrounded vowel near-close near-front rounded vowel near-close near-back rounded vowel
close-mid e ø close-mid central unrounded vowel close-mid central rounded vowel close-mid back unrounded vowel o
mid schwa
open-mid open-mid front unrounded vowel œ open-mid central unrounded vowel open-mid central rounded vowel open-mid back unrounded vowel open-mid back rounded vowel
near-open æ near-open central vowel
open aopen front rounded vowel open back unrounded vowel open back rounded vowel
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A central vowel is a type of vowel sound used in some spoken languages. The defining characteristic of a central vowel is that the tongue is positioned halfway between a front vowel and a back vowel. The central vowels identified by the International Phonetic Alphabet are:

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