Open-mid central unrounded vowel
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| Edit - 2× | Front | N.-front | Central | N.-back | Back |
| Close | |||||
| Near-close | |||||
| Close-mid | |||||
| Mid | |||||
| Open-mid | |||||
| Near-open | |||||
| Open | |||||
Where symbols appear in pairs, the one to the right
represents a rounded vowel.
See also: IPA, Consonantsrepresents a rounded vowel.
| IPA – number | 326 |
| IPA – text | ɜ |
| IPA – image |  |
| Entity | ɜ |
| X-SAMPA | 3 |
| Kirshenbaum | V" |
| Sound sample | |
|---|---|
The open-mid central unrounded vowel is a type of vowel sound, used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is ɜ, and the equivalent X-SAMPA symbol is 3. Note that the IPA symbol is not the number "3", but a reversed epsilon.
[edit] Features
- Its vowel height is open-mid, which means the tongue is positioned halfway between an open vowel and a mid vowel.
- Its vowel backness is central, which means the tongue is positioned halfway between a front vowel and a back vowel.
- Its vowel roundedness is unrounded, which means that the lips are not rounded.
[edit] Occurs in
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- In General American, [ɜ] only occurs in a rhotacized form, in words with "er", "or", "ir", or "ur" in stressed syllables, such as perfect [ˈpɝ̝fək̚t] and bird [bɝ̝d]. See also r-colored vowel.
- Paicĩ: [mbʷɜ̄], "remainder"
