Near-open central vowel
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| Vowels | |||||
| front | near-front | central | near-back | back | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| close | • | • | • | ||
| near-close | • | ||||
| close-mid | • | • | • | ||
| mid | |||||
| open-mid | • | • | • | ||
| near-open | |||||
| open | • | • | |||
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The near-open central vowel is a type of vowel sound, used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is , and the equivalent X-SAMPA symbol is 6. The symbol is a turned printed letter 'a'.
Features
- Its vowel height is near-open, which means the tongue is positioned similarly to an open vowel, but slightly more constricted.
- Its vowel backness is central, which means the tongue is positioned halfway between a front vowel and a back vowel.
Occurs in
- English: (AuE and NZE) cut and cart ; (New England English) winter
- German: besser
- European Portuguese: amoko:중설 근저모음