Open-mid central rounded vowel

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Spectrogram of

The open-mid central rounded vowel, or low-mid central rounded vowel, is a vowel sound, used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is Template:Angbr IPA, and the equivalent X-SAMPA symbol is 3\. The symbol is called closed reversed epsilon. It was added to the IPA in 1993; before that, this vowel was transcribed Template:Angbr IPA.

IPA charts were first published with this vowel transcribed as a closed epsilon, Template:Angbr IPA (that is, a closed variant of Template:Angbr IPA, much as the high-mid vowel letter Template:Angbr IPA is a closed variant of Template:Angbr IPA), and this variant made its way into Unicode as Template:Unichar. The IPA charts were later changed to the current closed reversed epsilon Template:Angbr IPA, and this was adopted into Unicode as Template:Unichar.

Occurrence

Language		Word	IPA	Meaning	Notes
AfrikaansTemplate:Sfnp				'air'	Also been described as mid Template:IPAblink, typically transcribed in IPA with Template:Angbr IPA. Many speakers merge with , even in formal speech.Template:Sfnp See Afrikaans phonology
English	IrishTemplate:Sfnp	munch		'munch'	Corresponds to Template:IPAblink in other varieties. See English phonology
	New ZealandTemplate:Sfnp	not		'not'	Possible realization of .Template:Sfnp See New Zealand English phonology
Faroese				'high'	Typically transcribed in IPA with Template:Angbr IPA. See Faroese phonology
French	ParisianTemplate:Sfnp		{{errorTemplate:Main other|Audio file "LL-Q150 (fra)-Aemines2-port.wav" not found}}Template:Category handlerTemplate:Category handler	'port', 'harbour'	Described variously as an allophone of before Template:Sfnp and as the default allophone of .Template:Sfnp See French phonology
German	Chemnitz dialectTemplate:Sfnp			'bliss'	May be transcribed as Template:Angbr IPA though Template:Angbr IPA is typically used.Template:Sfnp
Irish				'consume' (imp.)	See Irish phonology
Kashubian				'bird'
Koyukon		-ʉghdonaanh		'son-in-law'
Limburgish	MaastrichtianTemplate:Sfnp			'lazy'	Allophone of in words with Accent 2. May be slightly diphthongal itself. It contrasts with the near-open Template:IPAblink in words with Accent 2 ( itself is always toneless).Template:Sfnp It may be transcribed in IPA with Template:Angbr IPA, as it is a phonological front vowel.
Mortlockese		mér		'to sleep'	Phonemic vowel.
Mwerlap				'Merelava'
Navajo				'seven'	See Navajo phonology
Northern Tiwa	Taos dialect			'his-garment-around'	Allophone of . See Taos phonology
PanaráTemplate:Sfnp				'trousers'	Contrasts with .Template:Sfnp
Poitevin				'he gives'
West Frisian	Southwestern dialects			'tomcat'	Corresponds to in other dialects. See West Frisian phonology

References

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External links

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