Close-mid vowel

A close-mid vowel (also known as mid-close vowel, high-mid vowel, mid-high vowel, or half-close vowel) is a class of vowel sounds used in some spoken languages. The tongue is placed about one-third from a close vowel to an open vowel for a close-mid vowel.

List
The close-mid vowels that have symbols in the International Phonetic Alphabet are:

 close-mid front unrounded vowel 
 close-mid front rounded vowel 
 close-mid central unrounded vowel  (older publications may use )
 close-mid central rounded vowel  (older publications may use )
 close-mid back unrounded vowel 
 close-mid back rounded vowel 

References

Category:Vowels