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This article containsphonetic transcriptions in theInternational Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). For an introductory guide on IPA symbols, seeHelp:IPA. For the distinction between[ ],/ / and ⟨ ⟩, seeIPA § Brackets and transcription delimiters.
Aclose-mid vowel (alsomid-close vowel,high-mid vowel,mid-high vowel orhalf-close vowel) is any in a class ofvowel sound used in some spokenlanguages. The defining characteristic of a close-mid vowel is that the tongue is positioned about one third of the way from aclose vowel to anopen vowel.[1]
Partial list
editThe close-mid vowels that have dedicated symbols in theInternational Phonetic Alphabet are:
- close-mid front unrounded vowel[e]
- close-mid front rounded vowel[ø]
- close-mid central unrounded vowel[ɘ] (older publications may use ⟨ë⟩)
- close-mid central rounded vowel[ɵ] (older publications may use ⟨ö⟩)
- close-mid back unrounded vowel[ɤ]
- close-mid back rounded vowel[o]
Other close-mid vowels can be indicated with diacritics ofrelative articulation applied to letters for neighboring vowels.
References
edit- ^Tamzida, Aleeya; Siddiqui, Sharmin (2011)."A synchronic comparison between the vowel phonemes of Bengali & English phonology and its classroom applicability".Stamford Journal of English.6:285–314.doi:10.3329/sje.v6i0.13919.ISSN 2408-8838.
