Open-mid vowel

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 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 which have dedicated symbols in the International Phonetic Alphabet are:


 * open-mid front unrounded vowel
 * open-mid front rounded vowel
 * open-mid central unrounded vowel (older publications may use  instead)
 * open-mid central rounded vowel (older publications may use  instead)
 * open-mid back unrounded vowel
 * open-mid back rounded vowel

There also are open-mid vowels which don't have dedicated symbols in the IPA:
 * open-mid near-front unrounded vowel, or
 * open-mid near-front rounded vowel, or
 * open-mid near-back unrounded vowel, or
 * open-mid near-back rounded vowel, or