OPEN-MID VOWEL

The 'open-mid vowels' make a class of vowel sounds used in some spoken languages. 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 []

★ open-mid front rounded vowel []

★ open-mid central unrounded vowel []

★ open-mid central rounded vowel []

★ open-mid back unrounded vowel []

★ open-mid back rounded vowel []