Near-open Central Vowel
IPA -
Unicode
>
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IPA - image
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X-SAMPA
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6
Kirshenbaum
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&"
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The
near-open central vowel
is a type of
vowel
sound, used in some
spoken
languages
. The symbol in the
International Phonetic Alphabet
that represents this sound is , and the equivalent
X-SAMPA
symbol is
6
. The symbol is a turned printed letter 'a'. Features of this vowel:
Its
vowel height
is
near-open
, which means the tongue is positioned similarly to an
open vowel
, but slightly more constricted.
Its
vowel backness
is
central
, which means the tongue is positioned halfway between a
front vowel
and a
back vowel
.
Occurs in:
German
besser
New England
English
winter
European
Portuguese
amo
*
Australian
and
New Zealand English
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