| Language | Word | IPA | Meaning | Notes |
|---|
| Chuvash | пӗррехинче | [pɘrrɛχint͡ɕɛ] | 'once' | |
| Cotabato Manobo[3] | [example needed] | | | May be transcribed in IPA with ⟨ə⟩. |
| Dinka | Luanyjang[4] | ŋeŋ | [ŋɘ́ŋ] | 'jawbone' | Short allophone of/e/.[4] |
| English | Australian[5][6] | bird | [bɘːd] | 'bird' | Typically transcribed in IPA with ⟨ɜː⟩. Optionally rounded. SeeAustralian English phonology |
| Cardiff[7] | foot | [fɘt] | 'foot' | Less often rounded[ɵ];[8] corresponds to[ʊ] in other dialects. SeeEnglish phonology |
| New Zealand[9] | bit | [bɘt] | 'bit' | Merger of/ə/ and/ɪ/ found in other dialects. SeeNew Zealand English phonology |
| Southern American[10] | nut | [nɘt] | 'nut' | Some dialects.[10] Corresponds to/ʌ/ in other dialects. SeeEnglish phonology |
| Estonian[11] | kõrv | [kɘrv] | 'ear' | Typically transcribed in IPA with ⟨ɤ⟩; can be close-mid back[ɤ] or close back[ɯ] instead, depending on the speaker.[11] SeeEstonian phonology |
| Irish | Munster[12] | sáile | [ˈsˠɰaːlʲə̝] | 'salt water' | Usually transcribed in IPA with[ɪ̽]. It is an allophone of/ə/ next to non-palatal slender consonants.[12] SeeIrish phonology |
| Jebero[13] | ɨx[e/ï][k/c/q] | [ˈiʃɘk] | 'bat' | |
| Kaingang[14] | me | [ˈᵐbɘ] | 'tail' | Varies between central[ɘ] and back[ɤ].[15] |
| Kalagan Kaagan[16] | [miˈwə̝ːʔ] | 'lost' | Allophone of/ɨ/ in word-final stressed syllables before/ʔ/; can be transcribed in IPA with ⟨ə⟩.[16] |
| Katë[17] | Katë | [kaˈt̪ɘ] | 'Katë' | Can also be realized as/ɨ/. |
| Kensiu[18] | [ɟɚ̝h] | 'to trim' | Rhotacized; may be transcribed in IPA with ⟨ɚ⟩.[18] |
| Kera[19] | [t͡ʃə̝̄wā̠a̠] | 'fire' | Allophone of/a/; typically transcribed in IPA with ⟨ə⟩.[19] |
| Korean[20] | 어른/eoreun | [ə̝ːɾɯ̽n] | 'adult' | May be transcribed in IPA with ⟨əː⟩. SeeKorean phonology |
| Kurdish | Kurmanji | dil/دل | [dɘl] | 'heart' | Allophone of/ɪ/. Sorani alphabet does not transcribe this vowel phoneme in text. |
| Sorani |
| Lizu[21] | [Fkə̝][clarification needed] | 'eagle' | Allophone of/ə/ after velar stops.[21] |
| Mapudungun[22] | elün | [ë̝ˈlɘn] | 'to give (something)' | |
| Mongolian[23] | үсэр | [usɘɾɘ̆] | 'jump' | |
| Mono[24] | dœ | [də̝] | 'be (equative)' | May be transcribed in IPA with ⟨ə⟩.[24] |
| Polish[25] | mysz | [mɘ̟ʂ]ⓘ | 'mouse' | Somewhat fronted;[25] typically transcribed in IPA with ⟨ɨ⟩. SeePolish phonology |
| Romanian | Moldavian dialect[26] | casă | [ˈkäsɘ] | 'house' | Corresponds to[ə] in standard Romanian. SeeRomanian phonology |
| Scottish Gaelic | Harris | bhuaipe | [ˈvuɘhpə] | 'from her' | Allophone of/e/ in the diphthong/ue/, which in other dialects is/uə/ or/uæ/. May be closer as[ɨ̞]. |
| Uist |
| Shiwiar[27] | [example needed] | | | |
| Temne[28] | pər | [pə̝́r] | 'incite' | Typically transcribed in IPA with ⟨ə⟩.[28] |
| Vietnamese[29] | vợ | [vɘ˨˩ˀ] | 'wife' | Typically transcribed in IPA with ⟨ɤ⟩. SeeVietnamese phonology |
| Xumi | Upper[30] | [LPmɘ̃dɐ] | 'upstairs' | Nasalized; occurs only in this word.[30] It is realized as mid[ə̃] in Lower Xumi.[31] |
| Zapotec | Tilquiapan[32] | ne | [nɘ] | 'and' | Most common realization of/e/.[32] |
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