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List of vowels

This is a list of vowels.

Vowel height

• close vowel
• near-close vowel
• close-mid vowel
• mid vowel
• open vowel
• open-mid vowel
• near-open vowel

Vowel backness

• front vowel
• near-front vowel
• central vowel
• near-back vowel
• back vowel

Vowels with International Phonetic Alphabet symbols (IPA)

• close front unrounded vowel (i)
• close front rounded vowel (y)
• close central unrounded vowel (ɨ)
• close central rounded vowel (ʉ)
• close back unrounded vowel (ɯ)
• close back rounded vowel (u)
• near-close near-front unrounded vowel (ɪ)
• near-close near-front rounded vowel (ʏ)
• near-close near-back rounded vowel (ʊ)
• close-mid front unrounded vowel (e)
• close-mid front rounded vowel (ø)
• close-mid central unrounded vowel (ɘ)
• close-mid central rounded vowel (ɵ)
• close-mid back unrounded vowel (ɤ)
• close-mid back rounded vowel (o)
• mid central vowel (ə)
• open-mid front unrounded vowel (ɛ)
• open-mid front rounded vowel (œ)
• open-mid central unrounded vowel (ɜ)
• open-mid central rounded vowel (ɞ)
• open-mid back unrounded vowel (ʌ)
• open-mid back rounded vowel (ɔ)
• near-open front unrounded vowel (æ)
• near-open central vowel (ɐ)
• open front unrounded vowel (a)
• open front rounded vowel (ɶ)
• open back unrounded vowel (ɑ)
• open back rounded vowel (ɒ)

See also

• Table of vowels
• List of phonetics topics