Mid front unrounded vowel

Mid front unrounded vowel
e̞
ɛ̝
IPA number 302 430
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Entity (decimal) e​̞
Unicode (hex) U+0065 U+031E
X-SAMPA e_o
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The mid front unrounded vowel is a type of vowel sound that is used in some spoken languages. There is no dedicated symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents the exact mid front unrounded vowel between close-mid [e] and open-mid [ɛ], but it is normally written ⟨e⟩. If precision is required, diacritics may be used, such as ⟨e̞⟩ or ⟨ɛ̝⟩ (the former, indicating lowering, being more common). In Sinology and Koreanology ⟨ᴇ⟩, (small capital E, U+1D07, ᴇ ) is sometimes used, for example in the Zhengzhang Shangfang reconstructions.

For many of the languages that have only one phonemic front unrounded vowel in the mid-vowel area (neither close nor open), the vowel is pronounced as a true mid vowel and is phonetically distinct from either a close-mid or open-mid vowel. Examples are Basque, Spanish, Romanian, Japanese, Turkish, Finnish, Greek, Hejazi Arabic, Serbo-Croatian and Korean (Seoul dialect). A number of dialects of English also have such a mid front vowel. However, there is no general predisposition. Igbo and Egyptian Arabic, for example, have a close-mid [e], and Bulgarian has an open-mid [ɛ], but none of these languages have another phonemic mid front vowel.

Kensiu, spoken in Malaysia and Thailand, is claimed to be unique in having true-mid vowels that are phonemically distinct from both close-mid and open-mid vowels, without differences in other parameters such as backness or roundedness.[1]

Features

IPA: Vowels
Front Central Back

Paired vowels are: unrounded • rounded

  • Its vowel backness is front, which means the tongue is positioned as far forward as possible in the mouth without creating a constriction that would be classified as a consonant. Note that rounded front vowels are often centralized, which means that often they are in fact near-front.
  • It is unrounded, which means that the lips are not rounded.

Occurrence

LanguageWordIPAMeaningNotes
AfrikaansStandard[2]bed[bɛ̝t]'bed'Typically transcribed in IPA with ⟨ɛ⟩. The height varies between mid [ɛ̝] and close-mid [e].[2] See Afrikaans phonology
ArabicHejazi[3]بـيـت‎[be̞ːt]'home'See Hejazi Arabic phonology
BavarianAmstetten dialect[4]Contrasts close-mid /e/, true-mid /e̞/ and open-mid /ɛ/ front unrounded vowels.[4]
ChineseMandarin[5]也 / yě  [je̞˨˩˦˥] 'also' See Standard Chinese phonology
CzechBohemian[6]led[lɛ̝̈t]'ice'Near-front; may be open-mid [ɛ] instead.[6] See Czech phonology
Danish[7]Conservative[8]hæl[ˈhɛ̝ːˀl]'heel'Realized as close-mid [eː] in contemporary standard Danish;[9][10] most often, it is transcribed in IPA with ⟨ɛː⟩. See Danish phonology
DutchSome speakers[11]zet[zɛ̝t]'shove' (n.)Open-mid [ɛ] in Standard Dutch.[11] See Dutch phonology
EnglishBroad New Zealand[12]cat[kʰɛ̝t]'cat'Lower in other New Zealand varieties;[12] corresponds to [æ] in other accents. See New Zealand English phonology
Cockney[13]bird[bɛ̝̈ːd]'bird'Near-front; occasional realization of /ɜː/. It can be rounded [œ̝ː] or, more often, unrounded central [ɜ̝ː] instead.[13] Typically transcribed in IPA with ⟨ɜː⟩.
Cultivated New Zealand[12]let[le̞t]'let'Higher in other New Zealand varieties.[12] See New Zealand English phonology
Received Pronunciation[14]Many speakers pronounce a more open vowel [ɛ] instead. See English phonology
Inland Northern American[15]bit[bë̞t̚]'bit'Near-front,[15][16] may be [ɪ] (also [ə] in Scotland) instead for other speakers. See Northern Cities vowel shift
Scottish[16][bë̞ʔ]
Yorkshire[17]play[ple̞ː]'play'
Estonian[18]sule[ˈsule̞ˑ]'feather' (gen. sg.)Common word-final allophone of /e/.[19] See Estonian phonology
Finnish[20][21]menen[ˈme̞ne̞n]'I go'See Finnish phonology
GermanStandard[22]Bett[bɛ̝t]'bed'Also described as open-mid front [ɛ].[23][24] See Standard German phonology
Bernese dialect[25]rède[ˈrɛ̝d̥ə]'to speak'Typically transcribed in IPA with ⟨ɛ⟩. See Bernese German phonology
GreekModern Standard[26][27]πες / pes[pe̞s̠]'say!'See Modern Greek phonology
Hebrew[28]כן‎[ke̞n]'yes'Hebrew vowels are not shown in the script, see Niqqud and Modern Hebrew phonology
Hungarian[29]hét[he̞ːt̪]'seven'Also described as close-mid [eː].[30] See Hungarian phonology
Ibibio[31][sé̞]'look'
Icelandic[32]kenna[ˈcʰɛ̝nːä]'to teach'Typically transcribed in IPA with ⟨ɛ⟩. The long allophone is often diphthongized to [eɛ].[33] See Icelandic phonology
ItalianStandard[34]crederci[ˈkreːd̪e̞rt͡ʃi]'to believe'Common realization of the unstressed /e/.[34] See Italian phonology
Northern accents[35]penso[ˈpe̞ŋso]'I think'Common realization of /e/.[35] See Italian phonology
Japanese[36]笑み [e̞mʲi] 'smile'See Japanese phonology
Jebero[37][ˈiʃë̞k]'bat'Near-front; possible realization of /ɘ/.[37]
LimburgishMaastrichtian[38]bèd[bɛ̝t]'bed'Typically transcribed in IPA with ⟨ɛ⟩.
Weert dialect[39]zègke[ˈzɛ̝ɡə]'to say'
Macedonian Standard мед [ˈmɛd̪] 'honey'
NorwegianUrban East[40][41]nett[ne̞tː]'net'See Norwegian phonology
RipuarianKerkrade dialect[42]birk[be̞ʀk]'birch'Allophone of /ɪ/ before /m, n, ŋ, l, ʀ/.[42]
Romanian[43]fete[ˈfe̞t̪e̞]'girls'See Romanian phonology
Russian[44]человек[t͡ɕɪlɐˈvʲe̞k]'human'Occurs only after soft consonants. See Russian phonology
Serbo-Croatian[45]pitanje / питање [pǐːt̪äːɲ̟e̞] 'question'See Serbo-Croatian phonology
SlovakStandard[46][47]behať[ˈbɛ̝ɦäc̟]'to run'See Slovak phonology
Slovene[48]velikan[ʋe̞liˈká̠ːn]'giant'Unstressed vowel,[48] as well as an allophone of /e/ before /j/ when a vowel does not follow within the same word.[49] See Slovene phonology
Spanish[50]bebé[be̞ˈβ̞e̞]'baby'See Spanish phonology
SwedishCentral Standard[51]häll[hɛ̝l̪]'flat rock'Typically transcribed in IPA with ⟨ɛ⟩. Many dialects pronounce short /e/ and /ɛ/ the same. See Swedish phonology
Tera[52]ze[zè̞ː]'spoke'
Turkish[53][54]ev[e̞v]'house'See Turkish phonology
Upper Sorbian[55]njebjo[ˈɲ̟ɛ̝bʲɔ]'sky'Allophone of /ɛ/ between soft consonants and after a soft consonant, excluding /j/ in both cases.[55] See Upper Sorbian phonology
Yoruba[56]Typically transcribed in IPA with ⟨ɛ̃⟩. It is nasalized, and may be open-mid [ɛ̃] instead.[56]

Notes

  1. ↑ Bishop, N. (1996). A preliminary description of Kensiw (Maniq) phonology. Mon–Khmer Studies Journal, 25.
  2. 1 2 Wissing (2016), section "The unrounded mid-front vowel /ɛ/".
  3. ↑ Abdoh (2010), p. 84.
  4. 1 2 Traunmüller (1982), cited in Ladefoged & Maddieson (1996:290)
  5. ↑ Lee & Zee (2003), p. 110.
  6. 1 2 Dankovičová (1999), p. 72.
  7. ↑ Uldall (1933:?), cited in Ladefoged & Maddieson (1996:289)
  8. ↑ Ladefoged & Johnson (2010), p. 227.
  9. ↑ Grønnum (1998), p. 100.
  10. ↑ Basbøll (2005), p. 45.
  11. 1 2 Collins & Mees (2003), p. 131.
  12. 1 2 3 4 Gordon & Maclagan (2004), p. 609.
  13. 1 2 Wells (1982), p. 305.
  14. ↑ Roach (2004), p. 242.
  15. 1 2 Labov, William; Ash, Sharon; Boberg, Charles (15 July 1997). "A National Map of the Regional Dialects of American English". Department of Linguistics, University of Pennsylvania. Retrieved March 7, 2013.
  16. 1 2 Scobbie, Gordeeva & Matthews (2006), p. 7.
  17. ↑ Roca & Johnson (1999), p. 179.
  18. ↑ Asu & Teras (2009), pp. 368–369.
  19. ↑ Asu & Teras (2009), p. 369.
  20. ↑ Iivonen & Harnud (2005), pp. 60, 66.
  21. ↑ Suomi, Toivanen & Ylitalo (2008), p. 21.
  22. ↑ Kohler (1999), p. 87.
  23. ↑ Hall (2003), pp. 82, 107.
  24. ↑ Dudenredaktion, Kleiner & Knöbl (2015), p. 34.
  25. ↑ Marti (1985), p. 27.
  26. ↑ Arvaniti (2007), p. 28.
  27. ↑ Trudgill (2009), p. 81.
  28. ↑ Laufer (1999), p. 98.
  29. ↑ Szende (1994), p. 92.
  30. ↑ Kráľ (1988), p. 92.
  31. ↑ Urua (2004), p. 106.
  32. ↑ Brodersen (2011).
  33. ↑ Árnason (2011), pp. 57–60.
  34. 1 2 Bertinetto & Loporcaro (2005), pp. 137–138.
  35. 1 2 Bertinetto & Loporcaro (2005), p. 137.
  36. ↑ Okada (1991), p. 94.
  37. 1 2 Valenzuela & Gussenhoven (2013), p. 101.
  38. ↑ Gussenhoven & Aarts (1999), p. 159.
  39. ↑ Heijmans & Gussenhoven (1998), p. 107.
  40. ↑ Strandskogen (1979), pp. 15-16.
  41. ↑ Vanvik (1979), p. 13.
  42. 1 2 Stichting Kirchröadsjer Dieksiejoneer (1997), p. 16.
  43. ↑ Sarlin (2014), p. 18.
  44. ↑ Jones & Ward (1969), p. 41.
  45. ↑ Landau et al. (1999), p. 67.
  46. ↑ Pavlík (2004), pp. 93, 95.
  47. ↑ Hanulíková & Hamann (2010), p. 375.
  48. 1 2 Tatjana Srebot-Rejec. "On the vowel system in present-day Slovene" (PDF).
  49. ↑ Šuštaršič, Komar & Petek (1999), p. 138.
  50. ↑ Martínez-Celdrán, Fernández-Planas & Carrera-Sabaté (2003), p. 256.
  51. ↑ Engstrand (1999), p. 140.
  52. ↑ Tench (2007), p. 230.
  53. ↑ Zimmer & Orgun (1999), p. 155.
  54. ↑ Göksel & Kerslake (2005), p. 10.
  55. 1 2 Šewc-Schuster (1984), p. 34.
  56. 1 2 Bamgboṣe (1969), p. 166.

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