Open-mid vowel

An open-mid vowel (also mid-open vowel, low-mid vowel, mid-low vowel or half-open vowel) is a class of vowel sound used in some spoken languages. The tongue is placed one third from an open vowel to a close vowel for an open-mid vowel.

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

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

References

Category:Vowels