Table of vowels

This table lists the vowel letters of the International Phonetic Alphabet.

IPA vowel chart
Front Near-​front Central Near-​back Back
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i • y
ɨ • ʉ
ɯ • u
ɪ • ʏ
ɪ̈ • ʊ̈
ɯ̽ • ʊ
e • ø
ɘ • ɵ
ɤ • o
e̞ • ø̞
ə • ɵ̞
ɤ̞ • o̞
ɛ • œ
ɜ • ɞ
ʌ • ɔ
æ • 
ɐ • ɞ̞
a • ɶ
ä • ɒ̈
ɑ • ɒ
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Close-mid
Mid
Open-mid
Near-open
Open
Paired vowels are: unrounded • rounded
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Vowel fact sheet

name height backness roundness IPA number IPA text IPA image Entity X-SAMPA Kirshenbaum Sound sample
Close front unrounded vowel close front unrounded 301 i i i i Sound sample
Close front rounded vowel close front rounded 309 y y y y Sound sample
Close central unrounded vowel close central unrounded 317 ɨ ɨ 1 i" Sound sample
Close central rounded vowel close central rounded 318 ʉ ʉ } u" Sound sample
Close back unrounded vowel close back unrounded 316 ɯ ɯ M u- Sound sample
Close back rounded vowel close back rounded 308 u u u u Sound sample
Near-close near-front unrounded vowel near-close near-front unrounded 319 ɪ ɪ I I Sound sample
Near-close near-front rounded vowel near-close near-front rounded 320 ʏ ʏ Y I. Sound sample
Near-close near-back rounded vowel near-close near-back rounded 321 ʊ ʊ U U Sound sample
Close-mid front unrounded vowel close-mid front unrounded 302 e e e e Sound sample
Close-mid front rounded vowel close-mid front rounded 310 ø ø 2 Y Sound sample
Close-mid central unrounded vowel close-mid central unrounded 397 ɘ &#600; @\ @<umd> Sound sample
Close-mid central rounded vowel close-mid central rounded 323 ɵ &#629; 8 @.<umd> Sound sample
Close-mid back unrounded vowel close-mid back unrounded 315 ɤ &#612; 7 o- Sound sample
Close-mid back rounded vowel close-mid back rounded 307 o &#111; o o Sound sample
Mid central vowel mid central unrounded 322 ə &#601; @ @ Sound sample
Open-mid front unrounded vowel open-mid front unrounded 303 ɛ &#603; E E Sound sample
Open-mid front rounded vowel open-mid front rounded 311 œ &#339; 9 W Sound sample
Open-mid central unrounded vowel open-mid central unrounded 326 ɜ &#604; 3 V" Sound sample
Open-mid central rounded vowel open-mid central rounded 395 ɞ &#606; 3\ O" Sound sample
Open-mid back unrounded vowel open-mid back unrounded 314 ʌ &#652; V V Sound sample
Open-mid back rounded vowel open-mid back rounded 306 ɔ &#596; O O Sound sample
Near-open front unrounded vowel near-open front unrounded 325 æ &#230; { & Sound sample
Near-open central vowel near-open central vowel 324 ɐ &#592; 6 &" Sound sample
Open front unrounded vowel open front unrounded 304 a &#97; a a Sound sample
Open front rounded vowel open front rounded 312 ɶ &#630; & a. Sound sample
Open back unrounded vowel open back unrounded 305 ɑ &#593; A A Sound sample
Open back rounded vowel open back rounded 313 ɒ &#594; Q A. Sound sample

See also

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