Close-mid front unrounded vowel

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The close-mid front unrounded vowel, or high-mid front 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 Template:Angbr IPA.

For the close-mid front unrounded vowel that is usually transcribed with the symbol Template:Angbr IPA or Template:Angbr IPA, see near-close front unrounded vowel. If the usual symbol is Template:Angbr IPA, the vowel is listed here.

Occurrence

Language		Word	IPA	Meaning	Notes
Afrikaans	StandardTemplate:Sfnp			'bed'	Typically transcribed in IPA with Template:Angbr IPA. The height varies between close-mid and mid Template:IPAblink.Template:Sfnp See Afrikaans phonology
Arabic	Standard	/majreha			See imalah
Azerbaijani			[ɟeˈd͡ʒæ]	'night'
Bavarian	Amstetten dialect	Template:Example needed
Breton		eget	[eˈɡet]	'than'
CatalanTemplate:Sfnp				'fold'	See Catalan phonology
Chinese	ShanghaineseTemplate:Sfnp	/kè		'should'	Near-front; realization of , which appears only in open syllables. Phonetically, it is nearly identical to (Template:IPAblink), which appears only in closed syllables.Template:Sfnp
Chuvash		эрешмен/ereşmen	[erɛʃ'mɛnʲ]	'spider'
Danish	StandardTemplate:SfnpTemplate:Sfnp			'heel'	Typically transcribed in IPA with Template:Angbr IPA. See Danish phonology
Dutch	BelgianTemplate:Sfnp			'strange'	In the Netherlands often diphthongized to . See Dutch phonology
English	AustralianTemplate:Sfnp			'bed'	See Australian English phonology
	New ZealandTemplate:Sfnp				The height varies from near-close in broad varieties to mid in the Cultivated variety.Template:Sfnp See New Zealand English phonology
	General AmericanTemplate:Sfnp	may		'may'	Most often a closing diphthong .Template:Sfnp
	General IndianTemplate:Sfnp				Realized closer to [j̚e].
	General PakistaniTemplate:Sfnp				Can be a diphthong instead, depending on speaker.
	GeordieTemplate:Sfnp
	ScottishTemplate:Sfnp
	SingaporeanTemplate:Sfnp
	Ulster				Pronounced in Belfast.
	Some Cardiff speakersTemplate:Sfnp	square		'square'	More often open-mid Template:IPAblink.Template:Sfnp
	Scouse				May (less commonly) be less open [ɪː] or more open [ɛː] instead
	ScottishTemplate:Sfnp	bit		'bit'	Near-front,Template:Sfnp may be Template:IPAblink (also Template:IPAblink) instead for other speakers.
	CockneyTemplate:Sfnp	bird		'bird'	Near-front; occasional realization of . It can be rounded Template:IPAblink or, more often, unrounded central Template:IPAblink instead.Template:Sfnp Typically transcribed in IPA with Template:Angbr IPA.
EstonianTemplate:Sfnp				'body'	See Estonian phonology
FrenchTemplate:SfnpTemplate:Sfnp				'beauty'	See French phonology
German	StandardTemplate:SfnpTemplate:Sfnp		{{errorTemplate:Main other|Audio file "de-Seele.OGG" not found}}Template:Category handlerTemplate:Category handler	'soul'	See Standard German phonology
	Many speakersTemplate:Sfnp			'hunter'	Outcome of the merger found universally in Northern Germany, Eastern Germany and Eastern Austria (often even in formal speech) and in some other regions.Template:Sfnp See Standard German phonology
	Southern accentsTemplate:Sfnp			'bed'	Common realization of in Southern Germany, Switzerland and Austria.Template:Sfnp See Standard German phonology
	Swabian accentTemplate:Sfnp				Contrasts with the open-mid Template:IPAblink.Template:Sfnp See Standard German phonology
Greek	SfakianTemplate:Sfnp	Template:Example needed			Corresponds to mid Template:IPAblink in Modern Standard Greek.Template:Sfnp See Modern Greek phonology
HebrewTemplate:Sfnp		/ken		'yes'	Hebrew vowels are not shown in the script, see Niqqud and Modern Hebrew phonology
Hindustani	Hindi	/ke		'of'	See Hindustani phonology
	Urdu	/ke
HungarianTemplate:Sfnp				'seven'	Also described as mid Template:IPAblink.Template:Sfnp See Hungarian phonology
Italian	StandardTemplate:Sfnp			'stars'	See Italian phonology
Khmer		/ Template:Transliteration		'durian'	See Khmer phonology
Korean		/		'echo'	See Korean phonology
Limburgish	Most dialectsTemplate:SfnpTemplate:SfnpTemplate:Sfnp			'dear'	The example word is from the Maastrichtian dialect.
Lithuanian				'father'	'Tete' and 'tėtis' are more commonly used than 'tėtė.'
Malay		kecil		'small'	Allophone of /i/ in closed-final syllables. May be [[[:Template:IPA link]]] or [e̞] depending on the speaker. See Malay phonology
Malayalam		ചെവി/čevi	[ȶ͡ɕeʋi]	'ear'	See Malayalam phonology
Marathi		एक/ek	[e:k]	'one'	See Marathi phonology
Norwegian				'laugh'	The example word is from Urban East Norwegian.Template:SfnpTemplate:Sfnp See Norwegian phonology
MpadeTemplate:Sfnp				'night'
Persian		سه/se	[se]	'three'
PolishTemplate:Sfnp			{{errorTemplate:Main other|Audio file "pl-dzień.ogg" not found}}Template:Category handlerTemplate:Category handler	'day'	Allophone of between palatal or palatalized consonants. See Polish phonology
PortugueseTemplate:Sfnp				'table'	See Portuguese phonology
Romanian				'to fill'	See Romanian phonology
RussianTemplate:Sfnp		/šeja	{{errorTemplate:Main other|Audio file "Ru-шея.ogg" not found}}Template:Category handlerTemplate:Category handler	'neck'	Close-mid before and between soft consonants, mid after soft consonants.Template:Sfnp See Russian phonology
Saterland FrisianTemplate:Sfnp				'thin'	Near-front; typically transcribed in IPA with Template:Angbr IPA. Phonetically, it is nearly identical to (Template:IPAblink). The vowel typically transcribed in IPA with Template:Angbr IPA is actually near-close Template:IPAblink.Template:Sfnp
SloveneTemplate:Sfnp				'seven'	See Slovene phonology
SothoTemplate:Sfnp				'to tell'	Contrasts close, near-close and close-mid front unrounded vowels.Template:Sfnp See Sotho phonology
Swedish	Central StandardTemplate:SfnpTemplate:Sfnp			'see'	Often diphthongized to (hear the word: {{errorTemplate:Main other|Audio file "Sv-se.ogg" not found}}Template:Category handlerTemplate:Category handler). See Swedish phonology
Tahitian				'woman'
Tamil		செவி/čevi	[ȶ͡ɕeʋi]	'ear'	See Tamil phonology
Ukrainian		ефі́рний Template:Transliteration	[eˈfirnɪj]	'ethereal'	See Ukrainian phonology
Welsh		chwech	[χweːχ]	'six'	See Welsh phonology
YorubaTemplate:Sfnp		Template:Example needed

See also

• Index of phonetics articles

References

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External links

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