Close-mid back unrounded vowel

	front	near-front	central	near-back	back
Vowels

close	[[close front unrounded vowel \| ]] • [[close front rounded vowel \| ]]		[[close central unrounded vowel \| ]] • [[close central rounded vowel \| ]]		[[close back unrounded vowel \| ]] • [[close back rounded vowel \| ]]
near-close		[[near-close near-front unrounded vowel \| ]] • [[near-close near-front rounded vowel \| ]]		[[near-close near-back rounded vowel \| ]]
close-mid	[[close-mid front unrounded vowel \| ]] • [[close-mid front rounded vowel \| ]]		[[close-mid central unrounded vowel \| ]] • [[close-mid central rounded vowel \| ]]		[[close-mid back unrounded vowel \| ]] • [[close-mid back rounded vowel \| ]]
mid			[[schwa \| ]]
open-mid	[[open-mid front unrounded vowel \| ]] • [[open-mid front rounded vowel \| ]]		[[open-mid central unrounded vowel \| ]] • [[open-mid central rounded vowel \| ]]		[[open-mid back unrounded vowel \| ]] • [[open-mid back rounded vowel \| ]]
near-open	[[near-open front unrounded vowel \| ]]		[[near-open central vowel \| ]]
open	[[open front unrounded vowel \| ]] • [[open front rounded vowel \| ]]				[[open back unrounded vowel \| ]] • [[open back rounded vowel \| ]]

Table of vowels - List of vowels

The close-mid back unrounded vowel is a type of vowel sound, used in some spoken languages. Its symbol in X-SAMPA is 7, and its equivalent in the International Phonetic Alphabet is Template:IPA. The latter symbol is not to be confused with the small Greek letter gamma (γ); gamma has a descender, which in the IPA corresponds to the voiced velar fricative. The symbol Template:IPA used for this vowel is called "ram's horns".

Features

Its vowel height is close-mid, which means the tongue is positioned halfway between close vowel and a mid vowel.
Its vowel backness is back, which means the tongue is positioned as far back as possible in the mouth in the mouth without creating a constriction that would be classified as a consonant.
Its vowel roundedness is unrounded, which means that the lips are not rounded.