Central vowel
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A central vowel, formerly also known as a mixed vowel, is any in a class of vowel sound used in some spoken languages. The defining characteristic of a central vowel is that the tongue is positioned approximately halfway between a front vowel and a back vowel. (In practice, unrounded central vowels tend to be further forward and rounded central vowels further back.)
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The central vowels that have dedicated symbols in the International Phonetic Alphabet are:
- close central unrounded vowel {{#invoke:IPA|main}}
- close central protruded vowel {{#invoke:IPA|main}}
- close-mid central unrounded vowel {{#invoke:IPA|main}} (older publications may use Template:Angbr IPA)
- close-mid central rounded vowel {{#invoke:IPA|main}} (older publications may use Template:Angbr IPA)
- mid central vowel with ambiguous rounding {{#invoke:IPA|main}}
- open-mid central unrounded vowel {{#invoke:IPA|main}} (older publications may use Template:Angbr IPA)
- open-mid central rounded vowel {{#invoke:IPA|main}} (older publications may use Template:Angbr IPA)
- near-open central vowel with ambiguous rounding {{#invoke:IPA|main}} (typically used for an unrounded vowel; if precision is desired, Template:Angbr IPA may be used for an unrounded vowel and Template:Angbr IPA for a rounded vowel)
There also are central vowels that do not have dedicated symbols in the IPA:
- close central compressed vowel {{#invoke:IPA|main}}
- near-close central unrounded vowel {{#invoke:IPA|main}}, {{#invoke:IPA|main}}, {{#invoke:IPA|main}} or {{#invoke:IPA|main}} (unofficial symbol: Template:Angbr IPA)
- near-close central protruded vowel {{#invoke:IPA|main}}, {{#invoke:IPA|main}}, {{#invoke:IPA|main}} or {{#invoke:IPA|main}} (unofficial symbol: Template:Angbr IPA)
- near-close central compressed vowel {{#invoke:IPA|main}}
- mid central unrounded vowel {{#invoke:IPA|main}} or {{#invoke:IPA|main}} (commonly written Template:Angbr IPA)
- mid central protruded vowel {{#invoke:IPA|main}} or {{#invoke:IPA|main}} (commonly written Template:Angbr IPA as if it were close-mid)
- mid central compressed vowel {{#invoke:IPA|main}}
- open central unrounded vowel {{#invoke:IPA|main}} (commonly written Template:Angbr IPA as if it were front)
- open central rounded vowel {{#invoke:IPA|main}}