Close-mid vowel
A close-mid vowel is any in a class of vowel sound used in some spoken languages. The defining characteristic of a close-mid vowel is that the tongue is positioned about one third of the way from a close vowel to an open vowel.
Partial list
The close-mid vowels that have dedicated symbols in the International Phonetic Alphabet are:- close-mid front unrounded vowel
- close-mid front rounded vowel
- close-mid central unrounded vowel
- close-mid central rounded vowel
- close-mid back unrounded vowel
- close-mid back rounded vowel