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An '''open-mid vowel''' (also '''mid-open vowel''', '''low-mid vowel''', '''mid-low vowel''' or '''half-open vowel''') is any in a class of [[vowel]] sound used in some spoken [[language]]s. The defining characteristic of an open-mid vowel is that the tongue is positioned approximately one third of the way from an [[open vowel]] to a [[close vowel]].<ref>{{cite book|first=Elisha O.|last=Ogbonna|title=Advanced Igbo Language: A Simplified Guide to Igbo Orthography Phonology, Morphology and Lexicology|location=La Vergne|publisher=Prinoelio Press|year=2022|isbn=978-1-77774-614-8|page=106|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=S2ppEAAAQBAJ&pg=PT106}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|first=Ratree|last=Wayland|title=Phonetics: A Practical Introduction|location=Cambridge|publisher=Cambridge University Press|year=2018|isbn=978-1-10841-834-8|page=26}}</ref>

==Examples==
Some of the open-mid vowels that have dedicated symbols in the [[International Phonetic Alphabet]] are:

* [[open-mid front unrounded vowel]] {{IPA|[ɛ]}}
* [[open-mid front rounded vowel]] {{IPA|[œ]}}
* [[open-mid central unrounded vowel]] {{IPA|[ɜ]}} (older publications may use {{angbr IPA|ɛ̈}})
* [[open-mid central rounded vowel]] {{IPA|[ɞ]}} (older publications may use {{angbr IPA|ɔ̈}})
* [[open-mid back unrounded vowel]] {{IPA|[ʌ]}}
* [[open-mid back rounded vowel]] {{IPA|[ɔ]}}

Other open-mid vowels can be indicated with diacritics of [[relative articulation]] applied to letters for neighboring vowels.{{cn|date=February 2024}}

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