The open-mid central rounded vowel is a type of vowel sound, used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is , and the equivalent X-SAMPA symbol is 3\. The symbol is called closed reversed epsilon.

Due to either a typographic or design error, IPA charts were published with this vowel transcribed as a closed epsilon, , and this graphic variant made its way into Unicode. The form is considered correct.

Features

• Its vowel height is open-mid, which means the tongue is positioned halfway between an open vowel and a mid vowel.
• Its vowel backness is central, which means the tongue is positioned halfway between a front vowel and a back vowel.
• Its vowel roundedness is rounded, which means that the lips are rounded.

Occurs in

• Irish: tomhail 'consume!' (slightly rounded)
• Mainland Scandinavian (dialectal): gott/godt adj. neut. 'good'

Vowels

Gerundeter halboffener Zentralvokal | Voyelle moyenne inférieure centrale arrondie | 円唇中舌半広母音 | 중설 원순 중저모음