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Near-back vowel

Vowels
front near-front central near-back back
close iy ɨʉ ɯu
near-close ɪʏ ʊ
close-mid eø ɘɵ ɤo
mid ə
open-mid ɛœ ɜɞ ʌɔ
near-open æ ɐ
open aɶ ɑɒ
Table of vowels
List of vowels


A near-back vowel is a type of vowel sound used in some spoken languages. The defining characteristic of a near-back vowel is that the tongue is positioned as in a back vowel, but slightly further forward in the mouth. The near-back vowel identified by the International Phonetic Alphabet is:

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