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 two-thirds of the way from an open vowel to 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 ^*

Vowels

Voyelle moyenne inférieure | 半広母音