The open-mid front unrounded 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 E.

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 front, which means the tongue is positioned as far forward as possible in the mouth without creating a constriction that would be classified as a consonant.
• Its vowel roundedness is unrounded, which means that the lips are not rounded.

Occurs in

• Dutch: bed , 'bed'
• English: (GA) bed ; (NZE) fat
• Faroese: elska , 'love'
• French: bête , 'animal'
• German: Bett , 'bed'
• Hungarian: nem , 'no'
• Icelandic: ég , 'I'
• Portuguese: café , 'coffee'
• Polish: lek , 'medicine'
• Scottish Gaelic: aig , 'at'
• Vietnamese: té , 'to fall'
• Yoruba: ẹsẹ̀ , 'leg/foot'

Vowels

Vocal semioberta anterior no arrodonida | Polootevřená přední nezaokrouhlená samohláska | Ungerundeter halboffener Vorderzungenvokal | Voyelle moyenne inférieure antérieure non arrondie | 非円唇前舌半広母音 | 전설 비원순 중저모음 | Vocală semideschisă anterioară nerotunjită