Back Zentralvokal ALS صائت مركزي Arabic Vocal central AST БакьулӀеб рагьараб AV Средна гласна Bulgarian Vogalenn greiz Breton Vocal central Catalan Zentralvokal German Centra vokalo Esperanto Vocal central Spanish
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| Central vowel | |
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| ◌̈ | |
| IPA Number | 415 |
| Encoding | |
| Entity (decimal) | ̈ |
| Unicode (hex) | U+0308 |
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Legend: unrounded • rounded |
A central vowel, formerly also known as a mixed vowel, is any in a class of vowel sound used in some spoken languages. The defining characteristic of a central vowel is that the tongue is positioned halfway between a front vowel and a back vowel. (In practice, unrounded central vowels tend to be further forward and rounded central vowels further back.)