Near-open central vowel

| style="background: #ccf;" colspan="6" | Vowels style="background: #eef; font-size: 80%;"! near-front! near-back style="background: #ddf; font-size: 80%;" style="background: #eef; font-size: 80%;" style="background: #ddf; font-size: 80%;" style="background: #eef; font-size: 80%;" style="background: #ddf; font-size: 80%;" style="background: #eef; font-size: 80%;" style="background: #ddf; font-size: 80%;"

front	central	back
close	i}} • y}}	ɨ}} • ʉ}}		ɯ}} • u}}
near-close		ɪ}} • ʏ}}		ʊ}}
close-mid	e}} • ø}}		ɘ}} • ɵ}}		ɤ}} • o}}
mid			ə}}
open-mid	ɛ}} • œ}}		ɜ}} • ɞ}}		ʌ}} • ɔ}}
near-open	æ}}		ɐ}}
open	a}} • ɶ}}				ɑ}} • ɒ}}
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! colspan="2"|Sound sample

IPA - Unicode
IPA - image	Image:Xsampa-6.png
X-SAMPA	6
Kirshenbaum	&"

The near-open central vowel is a type of vowel sound, used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is , and the equivalent X-SAMPA symbol is 6. The symbol is a turned printed letter a. Features of this vowel:

• Its vowel height is near-open, which means the tongue is positioned similarly to an open vowel, but slightly more constricted.
• Its vowel backness is central, which means the tongue is positioned halfway between a front vowel and a back vowel.

Occurs in: *German besser *New England English winter *European Portuguese amo

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