Open-mid front unrounded vowel

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The open-mid front unrounded vowel, or low-mid front unrounded vowel,[1] is a type of vowel sound used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is the Latin epsilon, a Latinized variant of the Greek lowercase epsilon, Template:Angbr IPA.

Features

Template:Open-mid vowel Template:Front vowel Template:Unrounded vowel

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Occurrence

Language Word IPA Meaning Notes
Akan (Twi) ɛyɛ Script error: No such module "IPA". 'it is good/fine' See Akan phonology
Arabic Quranic Script error: No such module "Lang"./atāhum Script error: No such module "IPA". 'he came to them' /aː/ in Modern Standard Arabic. See Arabic phonology
Armenian EasternTemplate:Sfnp Script error: No such module "Lang"./ēj Script error: No such module "IPA". 'page'
Bavarian Amstetten dialect[2] Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Typically transcribed in IPA with Template:Angbr IPA.
BengaliTemplate:Sfnp Script error: No such module "Lang"./bê Script error: No such module "IPA". 'frog' Also pronounced as Script error: No such module "IPA".. See Bengali phonology
Breton[3] gwenn [ˈɡwɛnː] 'white'
BulgarianTemplate:Sfnp Script error: No such module "Lang"./pet Script error: No such module "IPA". 'five' See Bulgarian phonology
CatalanTemplate:Sfnp Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "IPA". 'seven' See Catalan phonology
Chinese MandarinTemplate:Sfnp Script error: No such module "Lang". / Script error: No such module "Lang". Template:ErrorTemplate:Category handlerTemplate:Category handler 'sky' Height varies between mid and open depending on the speaker. See Standard Chinese phonology
Chuvash ҫепĕҫ [ˈɕɛp̬ɘɕ] 'gentle, tender'
CzechTemplate:SfnpTemplate:Sfnp Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "IPA". 'ice' In Bohemian Czech, this vowel varies between open-mid front Script error: No such module "IPA"., open-mid near-front Script error: No such module "IPA". and mid near-front Template:IPAblink.Template:Sfnp See Czech phonology
Danish StandardTemplate:SfnpTemplate:Sfnp Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "IPA". 'fresh' Most often transcribed in IPA with Template:Angbr IPA. See Danish phonology
Dutch StandardTemplate:Sfnp Script error: No such module "Lang". Template:ErrorTemplate:Category handlerTemplate:Category handler 'bed' See Dutch phonology
The HagueTemplate:Sfnp Script error: No such module "Lang". Template:ErrorTemplate:Category handlerTemplate:Category handler 'you' Corresponds to Script error: No such module "IPA". in standard Dutch.
English General AmericanTemplate:Sfnp bed Template:ErrorTemplate:Category handlerTemplate:Category handler 'bed'
Northern EnglandTemplate:Sfnp May be somewhat lowered.Template:Sfnp
Received PronunciationTemplate:Sfnp[4] Older RP speakers pronounce a closer vowel Template:IPAblink. See English phonology
Younger General Australian speakers Realization of /e/ due to an ongoing short-front vowel chain shift. See Australian English phonology
ScottishTemplate:Sfnp
CockneyTemplate:Sfnp fat Script error: No such module "IPA". 'fat'
SingaporeanTemplate:Sfnp
New ZealandTemplate:Sfnp See New Zealand English phonology
Broad Australian Realization of /æ/. General Australian speakers realize this vowel as Template:IPAblink or Template:IPAblink. See Australian English phonology
Some Broad
South African speakersTemplate:Sfnp
Other speakers realize this vowel as Template:IPAblink or Template:IPAblink. See South African English phonology
Belfast[5] days Script error: No such module "IPA". 'days' Pronounced Script error: No such module "IPA". in closed syllables; corresponds to Script error: No such module "IPA". in RP.
Zulu[6] mate Script error: No such module "IPA". 'mate' Speakers exhibit a met-mate merger.
FaroeseTemplate:Sfnp Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "IPA". 'greedy' See Faroese phonology
FrenchTemplate:SfnpTemplate:Sfnp Script error: No such module "Lang". Template:ErrorTemplate:Category handlerTemplate:Category handler 'beast' See French phonology
Galician Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "IPA". 'iron' See Galician phonology
GeorgianTemplate:Sfnp Script error: No such module "Lang"./gedi Script error: No such module "IPA". 'swan'
German StandardTemplate:SfnpTemplate:Sfnp Script error: No such module "Lang". Template:ErrorTemplate:Category handlerTemplate:Category handler 'bed' Also described as mid Template:IPAblink.Template:Sfnp See Standard German phonology
Franconian accentTemplate:Sfnp Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "IPA". 'or' Used instead of Template:IPAblink.Template:Sfnp See Standard German phonology
Coastal Northern accentsTemplate:Sfnp
Swabian accentTemplate:Sfnp Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "IPA". 'fat' Contrasts with the close-mid Template:IPAblink.Template:Sfnp See Standard German phonology
Western Swiss accentsTemplate:Sfnp Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "IPA". 'lake' Close-mid Template:IPAblink in other accents; contrasts with the near-open Template:IPAblink.Template:Sfnp See Standard German phonology
Hindustani HindiUrdu ख़ैरियतخیریت / Script error: No such module "lang". Script error: No such module "IPA". 'well-being' See Hindustani phonology.
Hungarian lesz [ˈlɛsː] 'will be' Allophone of [æ].
ItalianTemplate:Sfnp Script error: No such module "Lang". Template:ErrorTemplate:Category handlerTemplate:Category handler 'good' See Italian phonology
KaingangTemplate:Sfnp mbre Script error: No such module "IPA". 'with'
Korean Script error: No such module "Lang". / Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "IPA". 'cicada' Merged with /e/ for many speakers. See Korean phonology
Kurdish Kurmanji (Northern) Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "IPA". 'seventeen' See Kurdish phonology
Sorani (Central) Script error: No such module "Lang"./hevde Script error: No such module "IPA".
Pehlewî (Southern) Script error: No such module "IPA".
LimburgishTemplate:SfnpTemplate:SfnpTemplate:Sfnp Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "IPA". 'cream' The example word is from the Maastrichtian dialect.
Lithuanian Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "IPA". 'throw' See Lithuanian phonology
Lower SorbianTemplate:Sfnp Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "IPA". 'sickle'
LuxembourgishTemplate:Sfnp Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "IPA". 'star' Allophone of Script error: No such module "IPA". before Script error: No such module "IPA"..Template:Sfnp See Luxembourgish phonology
Macedonian[7][8] Standard Script error: No such module "Lang"./med Script error: No such module "IPA". 'honey' See Macedonian language § Vowels
Malay Standard paling Script error: No such module "IPA". 'most' Possible realisation of Script error: No such module "IPA". and Script error: No such module "IPA". in closed final syllables. See Malay phonology
Negeri Sembilan cepat Script error: No such module "IPA". 'quick' See Negeri Sembilan Malay
karpet Script error: No such module "IPA". 'carpet'
Kelatan-Pattani ayam Script error: No such module "IPA". 'chicken' See Kelatan-Pattani
Terengganu biasa Script error: No such module "IPA". 'normal' See Terengganu Malay
Perak mata Script error: No such module "IPA". 'eye' See Perak Malay
kero Script error: No such module "IPA". 'crab'
Norman Jersey affaûrder Script error: No such module "IPA". 'to afford'
Norwegian SognamålTemplate:Sfnp Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "IPA". 'plague' See Norwegian phonology
Occitan Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "IPA". 'Greek' See Occitan phonology
PolishTemplate:Sfnp Script error: No such module "Lang". Template:ErrorTemplate:Category handlerTemplate:Category handler 'this one' (nom. m.) See Polish phonology
Portuguese Most dialectsTemplate:Sfnp[9] Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "IPA". 'foot' Stressed vowel might be lower Template:IPAblink. The presence and use of other unstressed ⟨e⟩ allophones, such as Script error: No such module "IPA"., varies according to dialect.
Some speakers[10] Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "IPA". 'time' Timbre differences for nasalized vowels are mainly kept in European Portuguese. See Portuguese phonology
Romanian Transylvanian dialectsTemplate:Sfnp Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "IPA". '(he) sees' Corresponds to mid Template:IPAblink in standard Romanian. See Romanian phonology
RussianTemplate:Sfnp Script error: No such module "Lang"./eto Template:ErrorTemplate:Category handlerTemplate:Category handler 'this' See Russian phonology
ShiwiarTemplate:Sfnp Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Allophone of Script error: No such module "IPA"..
Slovene Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "IPA". 'throw' (n.) See Slovene phonology
Spanish Eastern AndalusianTemplate:Sfnp Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "IPA". 'the mothers' Corresponds to Template:IPAblink in other dialects, but in these dialects they are distinct. See Spanish phonology
MurcianTemplate:Sfnp
Swahili shule [ʃulɛ] 'school'
Swedish Central StandardTemplate:Sfnp Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "IPA". 'eat' (imp.) Somewhat retracted.Template:Sfnp See Swedish phonology
Tagalog Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "IPA". 'fake' See Tagalog phonology
Telugu చే [tʃɛːa] 'Fish'
మే [mɛːka] 'Goat'
Thai Script error: No such module "Lang". / trae Script error: No such module "IPA". 'horn (instrument)'
TurkishTemplate:SfnpTemplate:Sfnp Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "IPA". 'country' Allophone of Script error: No such module "IPA". described variously as "word-final"Template:Sfnp and "occurring in final open syllable of a phrase".Template:Sfnp See Turkish phonology
UkrainianTemplate:Sfnp Script error: No such module "Lang"./den' Script error: No such module "IPA". 'day' See Ukrainian phonology
Upper SorbianTemplate:SfnpTemplate:Sfnp Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "IPA". 'calf'
Welsh nesaf [nɛsav] 'next' See Welsh phonology
West FrisianTemplate:Sfnp Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "IPA". 'grandma' See West Frisian phonology
YorubaTemplate:Sfnp sẹ̀ Script error: No such module "IPA". 'leg'

See also

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  3. Mikael Madeg, Traité de prononciation du breton du Nord-Ouest à l’usage des bretonnants, Emgleo Breiz, Brest, 2010
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  10. Lista das marcas dialetais e ouros fenómenos de variação (fonética e fonológica) identificados nas amostras do Arquivo Dialetal do CLUP

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