Open-mid vowel

{{Unreferenced|date=December 2009}} {{IPA chart vowels}} An '''open-mid vowel''' (also '''mid-open vowel''', '''low-mid vowel''', '''mid-low vowel''' or '''half-open vowel''') is a type of [[vowel]] sound used in some spoken [[language]]s. The defining characteristic of an open-mid vowel is that the tongue is positioned two-thirds of the way from an [[open vowel]] to a [[mid vowel]]. The open-mid vowels identified by the [[International Phonetic Alphabet]] are: * [[open-mid front unrounded vowel]] {{IPA|[ɛ]}} * [[open-mid front rounded vowel]] {{IPA|[œ]}} * [[open-mid central unrounded vowel]] {{IPA|[ɜ]}} * [[open-mid central rounded vowel]] {{IPA|[ɞ]}} * [[open-mid back unrounded vowel]] {{IPA|[ʌ]}} * [[open-mid back rounded vowel]] {{IPA|[ɔ]}} {{IPA navigation}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Open-Mid Vowel}}