Open-mid vowel explained

pronounced as /vowels/pronounced as /notice/

An open-mid vowel (also mid-open vowel, low-mid vowel, mid-low vowel or half-open vowel) is any in a class of vowel sound used in some spoken languages. The defining characteristic of an open-mid vowel is that the tongue is positioned one third of the way from an open vowel to a close vowel.^{[1] [2]}

Examples

Some of the open-mid vowels that have dedicated symbols in the International Phonetic Alphabet are:

• open-mid front unrounded vowel pronounced as /[ɛ]/
• open-mid front rounded vowel pronounced as /[œ]/
• open-mid central unrounded vowel pronounced as /[ɜ]/ (older publications may use (IPA|ɛ̈))
• open-mid central rounded vowel pronounced as /[ɞ]/ (older publications may use (IPA|ɔ̈))
• open-mid back unrounded vowel pronounced as /[ʌ]/
• open-mid back rounded vowel pronounced as /[ɔ]/

Other open-mid vowels can be indicated with diacritics of relative articulation applied to letters for neighboring vowels.

References

pronounced as /navigation/

Notes and References

1. Book: Ogbonna, Elisha O.. Advanced Igbo Language: A Simplified Guide to Igbo Orthography Phonology, Morphology and Lexicology. La Vergne. Prinoelio Press. 2022. 978-1-77774-614-8. 106.
2. Book: Wayland, Ratree. Phonetics: A Practical Introduction. Cambridge. Cambridge University Press. 2018. 978-1-10841-834-8. 26.