Near-front vowel

A near-front vowel (also called a front-central vowel or a centralized front vowel) is a type of vowel sound used in some spoken languages. The defining characteristic of a near-front vowel is that the tongue is positioned as in a front vowel, but slightly further back in the mouth. The near-front vowels which have dedicated symbols in the International Phonetic Alphabet are:


 * near-close near-front unrounded vowel
 * near-close near-front rounded vowel

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