The close-mid front unrounded vowel, or high-mid front unrounded vowel, is a type of vowel sound, used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is .

For the close-mid front unrounded vowel that is usually transcribed with the symbol or , see near-close front unrounded vowel. If the usual symbol is , the vowel is listed here.

Features

Occurrence LanguageWordIPAMeaningNotesAfrikaansStandard 'bed'Typically transcribed in IPA with . The height varies between close-mid and mid . See Afrikaans phonology ArabicStandard/majrēhāSee imalahAzerbaijani/گئجه[ɟeˈd͡ʒæ]'night'Bengali'wet'See Bengali phonologyBavarianAmstetten dialect, cited in BretonegetMikael Madeg, Traité de prononciation du breton du Nord-Ouest à l’usage des bretonnants, Emgleo Breiz, Brest, 2010[eˈɡet] 'than'CatalanMost dialects'fold'See Catalan phonologyWestern'dry'Historical pronunciation, corresponding to in Central Catalan and in many Balearic subdialects. See Catalan phonologyChineseShanghainese/kè'should'Near-front; realization of , which appears only in open syllables. Phonetically, it is nearly identical to (), which appears only in closed syllables.Chuvashэрешмен/ereşmen[erɛʃ'mɛnʲ]'spider'DanishStandard'heel'Typically transcribed in IPA with . See Danish phonologyDutchBelgian'strange'In the Netherlands often diphthongized to . See Dutch phonologyEnglishAustralian'bed'See Australian English phonologyNew Zealand The height varies from near-close in broad varieties to mid in the Cultivated variety. See New Zealand English phonologyGeneral Americanmay'may'Most often a closing diphthong . General IndianRealized closer to [j̚e].General PakistaniCan be a diphthong instead, depending on speaker. GeordieScottishSingaporeanUlsterPronounced in Belfast.Some Cardiff speakerssquare'square'More often open-mid . Scouse May (less commonly) be less open [ɪː] or more open [ɛː] instead, among various other allophones.Scottishbit'bit'Near-front, may be (also ) instead for other speakers.Estonian 'body'See Estonian phonologyFrench'beauty'See French phonologyGermanStandard'soul'See Standard German phonologyMany speakers'hunter'Outcome of the merger found universally in Northern Germany, Eastern Germany and Eastern Austria (often even in formal speech) and in some other regions. See Standard German phonologySouthern accents'bed'Common realization of in Southern Germany, Switzerland and Austria. See Standard German phonologySwabian accentContrasts with the open-mid . See Standard German phonologyGreekSfakianCorresponds to mid in Modern Standard Greek. See Modern Greek phonologyHebrew/ken'yes'Hebrew vowels are not shown in the script, see Niqqud and Modern Hebrew phonologyHindustaniHindi/tez'fast', 'sharp'See Hindustani phonologyUrdu/tezHungarian'seven'Also described as mid . See Hungarian phonologyItalianStandard'stars'See Italian phonologyKhmer / 'durian' See Khmer phonologyKorean / 'echo'See Korean phonologyLimburgishMost dialects'dear'The example word is from the Maastrichtian dialect.Lithuanian'father''Tete' and 'tėtis' are more commonly used than 'tėtė.'MalayStandardkecil'small'Allophone of /i/ in closed-final syllables. May be [] or [e̞] depending on the speaker. See Malay phonologyhabis'run out'Allophone of []. See Malay phonologyMalayalamചെവി/čevi[ȶ͡ɕeʋi]'ear'See Malayalam phonologyMarathiएक/ek[e:k]'one'See Marathi phonologyNorwegian'laugh'The example word is from Urban East Norwegian. See Norwegian phonology Mpade 'night' Persianسه/se[se]'three'Polish'day'Allophone of between palatal or palatalized consonants. See Polish phonologyPortuguese'table'See Portuguese phonologyRomanian'to fill'See Romanian phonologyRussian/šeja'neck'Close-mid before and between soft consonants, mid after soft consonants. See Russian phonologySaterland Frisian'thin'Near-front; typically transcribed in IPA with . Phonetically, it is nearly identical to (). The vowel typically transcribed in IPA with is actually near-close .Slovene'seven'See Slovene phonologySotho'to tell'Contrasts close, near-close and close-mid front unrounded vowels. See Sotho phonologySwedishCentral Standard'see'Often diphthongized to (hear the word: ). See Swedish phonologyTahitian'woman'Tamilசெவி/čevi[ȶ͡ɕeʋi]'ear'See Tamil phonologyUkrainianефі́рний [eˈfirnɪj]'ethereal'See Ukrainian phonologyWelshchwech[χweːχ]'six'See Welsh phonology Yoruba ẹ̀yín [no example] 'eye' See Yoruba phonology

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