Table of vowels

{{Short description|This is a list of vowels. Vowels being letters in English, all words using at least one}}

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

{{IPA vowels}}

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! name

! height

! backness

! roundness

! IPA number

! IPA text

! IPA image

! Entity

! X-SAMPA

! Sound sample

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! Close front unrounded vowel

| close

front

| unrounded

301i

| Image:Xsampa-i.png

ii

| {{Audio-nohelp|{{IPA symbol|i|output=audio}}|Sound sample}}

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! Close front rounded vowel

| close

front

| rounded

309y

| Image:Xsampa-y.png

yy

| {{Audio-nohelp|{{IPA symbol|y|output=audio}}|Sound sample}}

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! Close central unrounded vowel

| close

central

| unrounded

317ɨ

| 20x20px

ɨ1

| {{Audio-nohelp|{{IPA symbol|ɨ|output=audio}}|Sound sample}}

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! Close central rounded vowel

| close

central

| rounded

318ʉ

| Image:Xsampa-rightcurly.png

ʉ}

| {{Audio-nohelp|{{IPA symbol|ʉ|output=audio}}|Sound sample}}

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! Close back unrounded vowel

| close

back

| unrounded

316ɯ

| Image:Xsampa-M.png

ɯM

| {{Audio-nohelp|{{IPA symbol|ɯ|output=audio}}|Sound sample}}

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! Close back rounded vowel

| close

back

| rounded

308u

| Image:Xsampa-u.png

uu

| {{Audio-nohelp|{{IPA symbol|u|output=audio}}|Sound sample}}

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! Near-close front unrounded vowel

| near-close

front

| unrounded

319ɪ

| Image:Xsampa-I2.png

ɪI

| {{Audio-nohelp|{{IPA symbol|ɪ|output=audio}}|Sound sample}}

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! Near-close front rounded vowel

| near-close

front

| rounded

320ʏ

| Image:Xsampa-Y2.png

ʏY

| {{Audio-nohelp|{{IPA symbol|ʏ|output=audio}}|Sound sample}}

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! Near-close back rounded vowel

| near-close

back

| rounded

321ʊ

| Image:Xsampa-U2.png

ʊU

| {{Audio-nohelp|{{IPA symbol|ʊ|output=audio}}|Sound sample}}

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! Close-mid front unrounded vowel

| close-mid

front

| unrounded

302e

| Image:Xsampa-e.png

ee

| {{Audio-nohelp|{{IPA symbol|e|output=audio}}|Sound sample}}

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! Close-mid front rounded vowel

| close-mid

front

| rounded

310ø

| Image:Xsampa-2.png

ø2

| {{Audio-nohelp|{{IPA symbol|ø|output=audio}}|Sound sample}}

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! Close-mid central unrounded vowel

| close-mid

central

| unrounded

397ɘ

| Image:Xsampa-atslash.png

ɘ@\

| {{Audio-nohelp|{{IPA symbol|ɘ|output=audio}}|Sound sample}}

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! Close-mid central rounded vowel

| close-mid

central

| rounded

323ɵ

| Image:Xsampa-8.png

ɵ8

| {{Audio-nohelp|{{IPA symbol|ɵ|output=audio}}|Sound sample}}

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! Close-mid back unrounded vowel

| close-mid

back

| unrounded

315ɤ

| Image:Xsampa-7.png

ɤ7

| {{Audio-nohelp|{{IPA symbol|ɤ|output=audio}}|Sound sample}}

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! Close-mid back rounded vowel

| close-mid

back

| rounded

307o

| Image:Xsampa-o.png

oo

| {{Audio-nohelp|{{IPA symbol|o|output=audio}}|Sound sample}}

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! Mid central vowel

| mid

central

| undefined

322ə

| Image:Xsampa-at.png

ə@

| {{Audio-nohelp|{{IPA symbol|ə|output=audio}}|Sound sample}}

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! Open-mid front unrounded vowel

| open-mid

front

| unrounded

303ɛ

| Image:Xsampa-E2.png

ɛE

| {{Audio-nohelp|{{IPA symbol|ɛ|output=audio}}|Sound sample}}

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! Open-mid front rounded vowel

| open-mid

front

| rounded

311œ

| Image:Xsampa-9.png

œ9

| {{Audio-nohelp|{{IPA symbol|œ|output=audio}}|Sound sample}}

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! Open-mid central unrounded vowel

| open-mid

central

| unrounded

326ɜ

| Image:Xsampa-3.png

ɜ3

| {{Audio-nohelp|{{IPA symbol|ɜ|output=audio}}|Sound sample}}

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! Open-mid central rounded vowel

| open-mid

central

| rounded

395ɞ

| Image:Xsampa-3slash.png

ɞ3\

| {{Audio-nohelp|{{IPA symbol|ɞ|output=audio}}|Sound sample}}

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! Open-mid back unrounded vowel

| open-mid

back

| unrounded

314ʌ

| Image:Xsampa-V.png

ʌV

| {{Audio-nohelp|{{IPA symbol|ʌ|output=audio}}|Sound sample}}

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! Open-mid back rounded vowel

| open-mid

back

| rounded

306ɔ

| Image:Xsampa-O2.png

ɔO

| {{Audio-nohelp|{{IPA symbol|ɔ|output=audio}}|Sound sample}}

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! Near-open front unrounded vowel

| near-open

front

| unrounded

325æ

| Image:Xsampa-leftcurly.png

| æ

{

| {{Audio-nohelp|{{IPA symbol|æ|output=audio}}|Sound sample}}

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! Near-open central vowel

| near-open

central

| undefined

324ɐImage:Xsampa-6.png

| ɐ

6

| {{Audio-nohelp|{{IPA symbol|ɐ|output=audio}}|Sound sample}}

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! Open front unrounded vowel

| open

front

| unrounded

304a

| Image:Xsampa-a.png

aa

| {{Audio-nohelp|{{IPA symbol|a|output=audio}}|Sound sample}}

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! Open front rounded vowel

| open

front

| rounded

312ɶ

| Image:Xsampa-amper.png

ɶ&

| {{Audio-nohelp|{{IPA symbol|ɶ|output=audio}}|Sound sample}}

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! Open back unrounded vowel

| open

back

| unrounded

305ɑ

| Image:Xsampa-A2.png

ɑA

| {{Audio-nohelp|{{IPA symbol|ɑ|output=audio}}|Sound sample}}

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! Open back rounded vowel

| open

back

| rounded

313ɒ

| Image:Xsampa-Q.png

ɒQ

| {{Audio-nohelp|{{IPA symbol|ɒ|output=audio}}|Sound sample}}

See also