Central vowel explained
| Above: | Central vowel |
| Ipa Symbol: | ◌̈ |
| Ipa Number: | 415 |
| Decimal: | 776 |
pronounced as /vowels/pronounced as /notice/
A central vowel, formerly also known as a mixed vowel, is any in a class 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. (In practice, unrounded central vowels tend to be further forward and rounded central vowels further back.)
List
The central vowels that have dedicated symbols in the International Phonetic Alphabet are:
There also are central vowels that do not have dedicated symbols in the IPA:
- close central compressed vowel pronounced as /[ÿ]/
- near-close central unrounded vowel pronounced as /[ɨ̞]/, pronounced as /[ɪ̈]/, pronounced as /[ɪ̠]/ or pronounced as /[ɘ̝]/ (unofficial symbol: (IPA|ᵻ))
- near-close central protruded vowel pronounced as /[ʉ̞]/, pronounced as /[ʊ̈]/, pronounced as /[ʊ̟]/ or pronounced as /[ɵ̝]/ (unofficial symbol: (IPA|ᵿ))
- near-close central compressed vowel pronounced as /[ʏ̈]/
- mid central unrounded vowel pronounced as /[ɘ̞]/ or pronounced as /[ɜ̝]/ (commonly written (IPA|ə))
- mid central protruded vowel pronounced as /[ɵ̞]/ or pronounced as /[ɞ̝]/ (commonly written (IPA|ɵ) as if it were close-mid)
- mid central compressed vowel pronounced as /[əᵝ]/
- open central unrounded vowel pronounced as /[ä]/ (commonly written (IPA|a) as if it were front)
- open central rounded vowel pronounced as /[ɒ̈]/
See also
Bibliography
pronounced as /navigation/
