What is Central vowel?
{{Infobox IPA|above=Central vowel|ipa symbol=◌̈|ipa number=415|decimal=776}} {{IPA vowels|class=floatright}} {{IPA notice}} A '''central vowel''', also known before as a '''mixed vowel''', is any in a class of [[vowel]] sounds used in some spoken [[language]]s. The biggest thing of a central vowel is that the tongue is put halfway between a [[front vowel]] and a [[back vowel]]. (Using this, unrounded central vowels are usually further forward and rounded central vowels are further back.) ==List== The central vowels that have their own symbols<ref>{{Cite book|title=Handbook of the International Phonetic Association: a guide to the use of the international phonetic alphabet|last=International Phonetic Association|date=2021|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-0-521-65236-0|edition=22. printing|location=Cambridge}}</ref> in the [[International Phonetic Alphabet]] are: * [[close central unrounded vowel]] {{IPA|[ɨ]}} * [[close central protruded vowel]] {{IPA|[ʉ]}} * [[close-mid central unrounded vowel]] {{IPA|[ɘ]}} (older releases may use {{angbr IPA|ë}}) * [[close-mid central rounded vowel]] {{IPA|[ɵ]}} (older releases may use {{angbr IPA|ö}}) * [[mid central vowel]] with double-meaning rounding {{IPA|[ə]}} * [[open-mid central unrounded vowel]] {{IPA|[ɜ]}} (older releases may use {{angbr IPA|ɛ̈}}) * [[open-mid central rounded vowel]] {{IPA|[ɞ]}} (older releases may use {{angbr IPA|ɔ̈}}) * [[near-open central vowel]] with double-meaning rounding {{IPA|[ɐ]}} (typically used for an unrounded vowel; if precision is wanted, {{angbr IPA|ɜ̞}} may be used for an unrounded vowel and {{angbr IPA|ɞ̞}} for a rounded vowel) There also are central vowels that do not have their own symbols in the IPA: * [[close central compressed vowel]] {{IPA|[ÿ]}} * [[near-close central unrounded vowel]] {{IPA|[ɨ̞]}}, {{IPA|[ɪ̈]}}, {{IPA|[ɪ̠]}} or {{IPA|[ɘ̝]}} (unofficial symbol: {{angbr IPA|ᵻ}}) * [[near-close central protruded vowel]] {{IPA|[ʉ̞]}}, {{IPA|[ʊ̈]}}, {{IPA|[ʊ̟]}} or {{IPA|[ɵ̝]}} (unofficial symbol: {{angbr IPA|ᵿ}}) * [