A close-mid vowel is a type of vowel sound used in some spoken languages. The defining characteristic of a close-mid vowel is that the tongue is positioned two-thirds of the way from a close vowel to a mid vowel. The close-mid vowels identified by the International Phonetic Alphabet are:

• close-mid front unrounded vowel ^*
• close-mid front rounded vowel ^*
• close-mid central unrounded vowel ^*
• close-mid central rounded vowel ^*
• close-mid back unrounded vowel ^*
• close-mid back rounded vowel ^*

Vowels

Voyelle moyenne supérieure | 半狭母音