Open-mid vowel

The open-mid vowels make a class of vowel sounds used in some spoken languages. The defining characteristic of an open-mid vowel is that the tongue is positioned halfway between an open vowel and a mid vowel. The open-mid vowels identified by the International Phonetic Alphabet are:

• open-mid front unrounded vowel []
• open-mid front rounded vowel []
• open-mid central unrounded vowel []
• open-mid central rounded vowel []
• open-mid back unrounded vowel []
• open-mid back rounded vowel []