OPEN-MID CENTRAL ROUNDED VOWEL

The 'open-mid central rounded 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 3. The symbol is called ''closed reversed epsilon''.
Due to either a typographic or design error, IPA charts were published with this vowel transcribed as a closed epsilon, , and this graphic variant made its way into Unicode. The form is considered correct.

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Features

Occurrence

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 rounded, which means that the lips are rounded.

Occurrence

Language	Word	IPA	Meaning	Notes
Irish	''t'omha'il''		'consume!'	See Irish phonology