Table of vowels

This table lists the vowel letters of the International Phonetic Alphabet.

IPA: Vowels
Front Central Back

Paired vowels are: unrounded • rounded

Vowel fact sheet

name height backness roundness IPA number IPA text IPA image Entity X-SAMPA Kirshenbaum Sound sample
Close front unrounded vowel closefront unrounded301i iii  Sound sample
Close front rounded vowel closefront rounded309y yyy  Sound sample
Close central unrounded vowel closecentral unrounded317ɨ ɨ1i"  Sound sample
Close central rounded vowel closecentral rounded318ʉ ʉ}u"  Sound sample
Close back unrounded vowel closeback unrounded316ɯ ɯMu-  Sound sample
Close back rounded vowel closeback rounded308u uuu  Sound sample
Near-close front unrounded vowel near-closefront unrounded319ɪ ɪII  Sound sample
Near-close front rounded vowel near-closefront rounded320ʏ ʏYI.  Sound sample
Near-close back rounded vowel near-closeback rounded321ʊ ʊUU  Sound sample
Close-mid front unrounded vowel close-midfront unrounded302e eee  Sound sample
Close-mid front rounded vowel close-midfront rounded310ø ø2Y  Sound sample
Close-mid central unrounded vowel close-midcentral unrounded397ɘ &#600;@\@<umd>  Sound sample
Close-mid central rounded vowel close-midcentral rounded323ɵ &#629;8@.<umd>  Sound sample
Close-mid back unrounded vowel close-midback unrounded315ɤ &#612;7o-  Sound sample
Close-mid back rounded vowel close-midback rounded307o &#111;oo  Sound sample
Mid central vowel midcentral undefined322ə &#601;@@  Sound sample
Open-mid front unrounded vowel open-midfront unrounded303ɛ &#603;EE  Sound sample
Open-mid front rounded vowel open-midfront rounded311œ &#339;9W  Sound sample
Open-mid central unrounded vowel open-midcentral unrounded326ɜ &#604;3V"  Sound sample
Open-mid central rounded vowel open-midcentral rounded395ɞ &#606;3\O"  Sound sample
Open-mid back unrounded vowel open-midback unrounded314ʌ &#652;VV  Sound sample
Open-mid back rounded vowel open-midback rounded306ɔ &#596;OO  Sound sample
Near-open front unrounded vowel near-openfront unrounded325æ &#230;{&  Sound sample
Near-open central vowel near-opencentral undefined324ɐ &#592;6&"  Sound sample
Open front unrounded vowel openfront unrounded304a &#97;aa  Sound sample
Open front rounded vowel openfront rounded312ɶ &#630;&a.  Sound sample
Open back unrounded vowel openback unrounded305ɑ &#593;AA  Sound sample
Open back rounded vowel openback rounded313ɒ &#594;QA.  Sound sample

See also

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