Table of vowels
This table lists the vowel letters of the International Phonetic Alphabet.
| name | height | backness | roundness | IPA number | IPA text | IPA image | Entity | X-SAMPA | Sound sample |
| Close front unrounded vowel | close | front | unrounded | 301 | i | i | i | ||
| Close front rounded vowel | close | front | rounded | 309 | y | y | y | ||
| Close central unrounded vowel | close | central | unrounded | 317 | ɨ | ɨ | 1 | ||
| Close central rounded vowel | close | central | rounded | 318 | ʉ | ʉ | |||
| Near-open central vowel | near-open | central | undefined | 324 | ɐ | ɐ | 6 | ||
| Open front unrounded vowel | open | front | unrounded | 304 | a | a | a | ||
| Open front rounded vowel | open | front | rounded | 312 | ɶ | ɶ | & | ||
| Open back unrounded vowel | open | back | unrounded | 305 | ɑ | ɑ | A | ||
| Open back rounded vowel | open | back | rounded | 313 | ɒ | ɒ | Q |