See also: ǝ [U+01DD LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED E] ,
Ǝ [U+018E LATIN CAPITAL LETTER REVERSED E] ,
ә [U+04D9 CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER SCHWA] ,
Ә [U+04D8 CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER SCHWA] ,
Ə [U+018F LATIN CAPITAL LETTER SCHWA] , and Appendix:Variations of "e" Coined by German philologistJohann Andreas Schmeller in 1821 for his grammar ofBavarian .[ 1]
ə (English symbol name schwa )
( IPA ) areduced mid-central vowel, undefined for rounding.( superscript⟨ ᵊ ⟩ , IPA ) [ə] -coloring or a weak, fleeting, epenthetic or echo[ə] .( UPA ) areduced e vowel.( superscript⟨ ᵊ ⟩ , UPA ) an extremely short or fleetingə .The IPA provides two letters forreduced vowels : mid⟨ ə ⟩ and low (open)⟨ ɐ ⟩ . These are not defined for rounding. For languages such as English, French and Russian that have additional or just different reduced vowels, some sources use the non-IPA letters⟨ ᵿ ⟩ and⟨ ᵻ ⟩ for rounded and unrounded high (close) reduced vowels, or redefine IPA⟨ ɵ ⟩ as a rounded reduced mid vowel.
^ Asher Laufer (2019 ), “The origin of the IPA schwa”, in Sasha Calhoun, Paola Escudero, Marija Tabain and Paul Warren, editors,Proceedings of the 19th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences [1] ,→ISBN , page1910 ə
( lexicography ) schwa , e.g. \sō′fə \ forsofa .( superscript⟨ ᵊ ⟩ ) optional schwa, e.g. \băt′ᵊ l\ forbattle . ( superscript⟨ ᵊ ⟩ ) French final schwa, as in \bᴀstôn′ yᵊ \ forBastogne . ə (lower case ,upper case Ə )
The seventhletter of the Azerbaijanialphabet , written in theLatin script . ( Latin-script letters) hərf ;A a ,B b ,C c ,Ç ç ,D d ,E e ,Ə ə ,F f ,G g ,Ğ ğ ,H h ,X x ,I ı ,İ i ,J j ,K k ,Q q ,L l ,M m ,N n ,O o ,Ö ö ,P p ,R r ,S s ,Ş ş ,T t ,U u ,Ü ü ,V v ,Y y ,Z z ə (no case )
Aletter of the Comoxalphabet , written in theLatin script . ( Latin-script letters) a ,æ ,aw ,ay ,ɔ ,č ,č̓ ,e ,ɛ ,ə ,əw ,əy ,g ,gʸ ,h ,i ,ɩ ,j ,k ,k̓ ,kʷ ,k̓ʷ ,kʸ ,k̓ʸ ,l ,l̓ ,ɬ ,ƛ ,ƛ̓ ,m ,m̓ ,n ,n̓ ,o ,ɔy ,p ,p̓ ,q ,q̓ ,qʷ ,q̓ʷ ,s ,š ,t ,t̓ ,θ ,tᶿ ,t̓ᶿ ,u ,ʊ ,w ,w̓ ,ꭓ ,ꭓʷ ,x ,xʷ ,y ,y̓ ,ʔ ,꞉ ə (lower case ,upper case Ə )
Aletter of the Fe'fe'alphabet , written in theLatin script . ə (no case )
( Musqueam ) Aletter of the Halkomelemalphabet , written in theLatin script .
( Latin-script letters) c ,c̓ ,č ,h ,k ,kʷ ,k̓ʷ ,l ,l̓ ,ƛ̓ ,ɬ ,m ,m̓ ,n ,n̓ ,p ,p̓ ,q ,q̓ ,qʷ ,q̓ʷ ,s ,š ,t ,t̓ ,t̓ᶿ ,θ ,w ,w̓ ,x ,xʷ ,ꭓ ,ꭓʷ ,y ,y̓ ,ʔ ,a ,a꞉ ,e ,e꞉ ,i ,i꞉ ,u ,u꞉ ,ə
( Latin-script letters) A a ,Ch ch ,Chʼ chʼ ,E e ,H h ,I i ,K k ,Kʼ kʼ ,Kw kw ,Kwʼ kwʼ ,L l ,Lh lh ,M n ,O o ,Ō ō ,P p ,Pʼ pʼ ,Q q ,Qʼ qʼ ,Qw qw ,Qwʼ qwʼ ,S s ,Sh sh ,T t ,Tʼ tʼ ,Th th ,Thʼ thʼ ,Tlʼ tlʼ ,Ts ts ,Tsʼ tsʼ ,U u ,W w ,X x ,Xw xw ,X̱ x̱ ,X̱w x̱w ,Y y ,ʼ ,꞉
( Latin-script letters) A a ,Aa aa ,Ch ch ,Chʼ chʼ ,E e ,Ee ee ,H h ,Hw hw ,I i ,Ii ii ,K k ,Kw kw ,Kwʼ kwʼ ,L l ,Lʼ lʼ (ʼl ),Lh lh ,M m ,Mʼ mʼ (ʼm ),N n ,Nʼ nʼ (ʼn ),O o ,Oo oo ,Ou ou ,P p ,Pʼ pʼ ,Q q ,Qʼ qʼ ,Qw qw ,Qwʼ qwʼ ,S s ,Sh sh ,T t ,Tʼ tʼ ,Th th ,Tlʼ tlʼ ,Ts ts ,Tsʼ tsʼ ,Tth tth ,Tthʼ tthʼ ,U u ,W w ,Wʼ wʼ (ʼw ),X x ,Xw xw ,Y y ,Yʼ yʼ (ʼy ),ʼ ⟨ a̱ ⟩ in Uʼmista orthography (standard Kwakʼwala)ə (lower case ,upper case Ə )
( Liqʼwala dialect ) Aletter of the Kwak'walaalphabet , written in theLatin script . Uʼmista ( Latin-script letters) A a ,A̱ a̱ ,B b ,D d ,Dł dł ,Dz dz ,E e ,G g ,Gw gw ,G̱ g̱ ,G̱w g̱w ,H h ,I i ,K k ,Kw kw ,K̓ k̓ ,K̓w k̓w ,Ḵ ḵ ,Ḵw ḵw ,Ḵ̓ ḵ̓ ,Ḵ̓w ḵ̓w ,L l ,ʼL ʼl ,Ł ł ,M m ,ʼM ʼm ,N n ,ʼN ʼn ,O o ,P p ,P̓ p̓ ,S s ,T t ,T̓ t̓ ,Tł tł ,T̓ł t̓ł ,Ts ts ,T̓s t̓s ,U u ,W w ,ʼW ʼw ,X x ,Xw xw ,X̱ x̱ ,X̱w x̱w ,Y y ,ʼY ʼy ,ʼ Liq̓ʷala ( Latin-script letters) A a ,Ə ə ,B b ,D d , ,Dᶻ dᶻ ,E e ,G g ,Gʷ gʷ ,Ǧ ǧ ,Ǧʷ ǧʷ ,H h ,I i ,K k ,Kʷ kʷ ,K̓ k̓ ,K̓ʷ k̓ʷ ,Q q ,Qʷ qʷ ,Q̓ q̓ ,Q̓ʷ q̓ʷ ,L l ,L̓ l̓ ,Ł ł ,M m ,M̓ m̓ ,N n ,N̓ n̓ ,O o ,P p ,P̓ p̓ ,S s ,T t ,T̓ t̓ , ƛ ,̓ ƛ̓ ,C c ,C̓ c̓ ,U u ,W w ,W̓ w̓ ,X x ,Xʷ xʷ ,X̌ x̌ ,X̌ʷ x̌ʷ ,Y y ,Y̓ y̓ ,ʔ ə (lower case ,upper case Ə )
The eleventhletter of the Lushootseedalphabet , written in theLatin script . ə (lower case ,upper case Ə )
Aletter of the Maskelynesalphabet , written in theLatin script . ə (lower case ,upper case Ə )
Aletter of the Okanaganalphabet , written in theLatin script ;⟨ ə́ ⟩ counts as a distinct letter. ( Latin-script letters) A a ,Á á ,C c ,C̓ c̓ ,Ə ə ,Ə́ ə́ ,Ɣ ɣ ,Ɣ̓ ɣ̓ ,H h ,Ḥ ḥ ,I i ,Í í ,K k ,K̓ k̓ ,Kʷ kʷ ,K̓ʷ k̓ʷ ,L l ,L̓ l̓ ,Ł ł ,Ɬ ɬ ,̓ ƛ̓ ,M m ,M̓ m̓ ,N n ,N̓ n̓ ,P p ,P̓ p̓ ,Q q ,Q̓ q̓ ,Qʷ qʷ ,Q̓ʷ q̓ʷ ,R r ,R̓ r̓ ,S s ,T t ,T̓ t̓ ,U u ,Ú ú ,W w ,W̓ w̓ ,X x ,Xʷ xʷ ,X̌ x̌ ,X̌ʷ x̌ʷ ,Y y ,Y̓ y̓ ,ʕ ,ʕ̓ ,ʕʷ ,ʕ̓ʷ ,ʔ ə (lower case ,upper case Ə ,Osage equivalent 𐓛 )
Aletter of the Osagealphabet , written in theLatin script . Probably from IPA transcriptionə or even before from German transcriptions.
ə
( tonal SNPT ) Phonetic transcription of sounds [ə́ ,ə̀ ].Symbol is sometimes used as a letter to denote pitch and pronunciation in a word, but that is mostly limited to foreign or specialized dictionaries.
Toporišič, Jože (2000 ),Slovenska slovnica / Jože Toporišič. - 4. prenovljena in razširjena izd. (in Slovene), Maribor: Obzorja,→ISBN ə (lower case ,upper case Ə )
Aletter ofUyghur New Script of China, written in theLatin script . ə (lower case ,upper case Ə )
Aletter of the Wakhialphabet , written in theLatin script .