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Close-mid central unrounded vowel

Vowel sound represented by ⟨ɘ⟩ in IPA

Summary

Vowel sound represented by ⟨ɘ⟩ in IPA

Field	Value
ipa symbol	ɘ
ipa number	397
decimal	600
x-sampa	@\
imagefile	IPA Unicode 0x0258.svg
braille	256
braille2	e

|x-sampa=@\

The close-mid central unrounded vowel, or high-mid central unrounded vowel, is a type of vowel sound used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is . This is a mirrored letter e and should not be confused with the schwa , which is a turned e. It was added to the IPA in 1993; before that, this vowel was transcribed . Certain older sources transcribe this vowel .

The letter may be used with a lowering diacritic , to denote the mid central unrounded vowel.

Features

Occurrence

Language	Word	IPA	Meaning	Notes
Chuvash	пӗррехинче	[pɘrrɛχint͡ɕɛ]	'once'
Cotabato Manobo				May be transcribed in IPA with .
Dinka	Remijsen	Manyang	2009	pp=117, 119}}	ŋeŋ	'jawbone'
English	Australian	bird		'bird'
Cardiff	foot		'foot'	Less often rounded ; corresponds to in other dialects. See English phonology
New Zealand	bit		'bit'	Merger of and found in other dialects. See New Zealand English phonology
Southern American	nut		'nut'	/ʌ/}} in other dialects. See English phonology
Estonian	kõrv		'ear'	Typically transcribed in IPA with ; can be close-mid back or close back instead, depending on the speaker. See Estonian phonology
Irish	Munster	''sáil'''e'''''		'salt water'
Jebero	ɨx[e/ï][k/c/q]		'bat'
Kaingang	me		'tail'	Varies between central and back .
Kalagan Kaagan		'lost'	Allophone of in word-final stressed syllables before ; can be transcribed in IPA with .
Katë	''Kat'''ë'''''		'Katë'	Can also be realized as .
Kensiu		'to trim'	Rhotacized; may be transcribed in IPA with .
Kera		'fire'	Allophone of ; typically transcribed in IPA with .
Korean	어른/eoreun		'adult'	May be transcribed in IPA with . See Korean phonology
Kurdish	Kurmanji	dil/دل	[dɘl]	'heart'
Sorani
Lizu		'eagle'	Allophone of after velar stops.
Mapudungun	elün		'to give (something)'
Mongolian	үсэр		'jump'
Mono	dœ		'be (equative)'	May be transcribed in IPA with .
Polish	mysz		'mouse'	ɨ}}. See Polish phonology
Romanian	Moldavian dialect	casă		'house'
Scottish Gaelic	Harris	bhuaipe	[ˈvuɘhpə]	'from her'
Uist
Shiwiar
Temne	pər		'incite'	Typically transcribed in IPA with .
Vietnamese	vợ		'wife'	Typically transcribed in IPA with . See Vietnamese phonology
Xumi	Chirkova	Chen	Kocjančič Antolík	2013	p=389}}	'upstairs'	ə	ə̃}} in Lower Xumi.
Zapotec	Tilquiapan	ne		'and'

Notes

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References

{{Vowel terminology
For example {{Harvcoltxt. Collins. Mees. 1990.
{{Harvcoltxt. Kerr. 1988
{{Harvcoltxt. Remijsen. Manyang. 2009
{{Harvcoltxt. Cox. 2006
{{Harvcoltxt. Durie. Hajek. 1994
{{Harvcoltxt. Collins. Mees. 1990
{{Harvcoltxt. Collins. Mees. 1990
{{Harvcoltxt. Bauer. Warren. Bardsley. Kennedy. 2007
{{Harvcoltxt. Roca. Johnson. 1999
{{Harvcoltxt. Ó Sé. 2000
{{Harvcoltxt. Valenzuela. Gussenhoven. 2013
{{Harvcoltxt. Jolkesky. 2009
{{Harvcoltxt. Jolkesky. 2009
{{Harvcoltxt. Wendel. Wendel. 1978
Halfmann, Jakob. (2024). "A Grammatical Description of the Katë Language (Nuristani)". Universität zu Köln.
{{Harvcoltxt. Bishop. 1996
{{Harvcoltxt. Pearce. 2011
{{Harvcoltxt. Lee. 1999
{{Harvcoltxt. Chirkova. Chen. 2013a
{{Harvcoltxt. Sadowsky. Painequeo. Salamanca. Avelino. 2013
{{Harvcoltxt. Iivonen. Harnud. 2005
{{Harvcoltxt. Olson. 2004
{{Harvcoltxt. Jassem. 2003. ɨ but one can see from the vowel chart at pag. 105 that the Polish sound is closer to {{IPA. [ɘ] than to {{IPAblink. ɨ.
{{Harvcoltxt. Fast Mowitz. 1975
{{Harvcoltxt. Kanu. Tucker. 2010
{{Harvcoltxt. Hoang. 1965
{{Harvcoltxt. Chirkova. Chen. Kocjančič Antolík. 2013
{{Harvcoltxt. Chirkova. Chen. 2013b
{{Harvcoltxt. Merrill. 2008

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