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 | |
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| 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"./bêṅ | 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 | Hindi–Urdu | ख़ैरियत–خیریت / 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 | చేప | [tʃɛːa] | 'Fish' | ||
| మేక | [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 | ẹsẹ̀ | Script error: No such module "IPA". | 'leg' | ||
See also
Notes
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- ↑ Mikael Madeg, Traité de prononciation du breton du Nord-Ouest à l’usage des bretonnants, Emgleo Breiz, Brest, 2010
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- ↑ Variação inter- e intra-dialetal no português brasileiro: um problema para a teoria fonológica – Seung-Hwa LEE & Marco A. de Oliveira Script error: No such module "webarchive".
- ↑ Lista das marcas dialetais e ouros fenómenos de variação (fonética e fonológica) identificados nas amostras do Arquivo Dialetal do CLUP
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