Table of vowels

This table lists the vowel letters of the International Phonetic Alphabet.^[1]

	Front	Central	Back
Close	i y	ɨ ʉ	ɯ u
Near-close	ɪ ʏ		ʊ
Close-mid	e ø	ɘ ɵ	ɤ o
Mid	e̞ ø̞	ə	ɤ̞ o̞
Open-mid	ɛ œ	ɜ ɞ	ʌ ɔ
Near-open	æ	ɐ
Open	a ɶ	ä	ɑ ɒ

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name	height	backness	roundness	IPA number	IPA text	Entity	X-SAMPA	Sound sample
Close front unrounded vowel	close	front	unrounded	301	i	i	i	Sound sample^ⓘ
Close front rounded vowel	close	front	rounded	309	y	y	y	Sound sample^ⓘ
Close central unrounded vowel	close	central	unrounded	317	ɨ	ɨ	1	Sound sample^ⓘ
Close central rounded vowel	close	central	rounded	318	ʉ	ʉ	}	Sound sample^ⓘ
Close back unrounded vowel	close	back	unrounded	316	ɯ	ɯ	M	Sound sample^ⓘ
Close back rounded vowel	close	back	rounded	308	u	u	u	Sound sample^ⓘ
Near-close front unrounded vowel	near-close	front	unrounded	319	ɪ	ɪ	I	Sound sample^ⓘ
Near-close front rounded vowel	near-close	front	rounded	320	ʏ	ʏ	Y	Sound sample^ⓘ
Near-close back rounded vowel	near-close	back	rounded	321	ʊ	ʊ	U	Sound sample^ⓘ
Close-mid front unrounded vowel	close-mid	front	unrounded	302	e	e	e	Sound sample^ⓘ
Close-mid front rounded vowel	close-mid	front	rounded	310	ø	ø	2	Sound sample^ⓘ
Close-mid central unrounded vowel	close-mid	central	unrounded	397	ɘ	ɘ	@\	Sound sample^ⓘ
Close-mid central rounded vowel	close-mid	central	rounded	323	ɵ	ɵ	8	Sound sample^ⓘ
Close-mid back unrounded vowel	close-mid	back	unrounded	315	ɤ	ɤ	7	Sound sample^ⓘ
Close-mid back rounded vowel	close-mid	back	rounded	307	o	o	o	Sound sample^ⓘ
Mid central vowel	mid	central	undefined	322	ə	ə	@	Sound sample^ⓘ
Open-mid front unrounded vowel	open-mid	front	unrounded	303	ɛ	ɛ	E	Sound sample^ⓘ
Open-mid front rounded vowel	open-mid	front	rounded	311	œ	œ	9	Sound sample^ⓘ
Open-mid central unrounded vowel	open-mid	central	unrounded	326	ɜ	ɜ	3	Sound sample^ⓘ
Open-mid central rounded vowel	open-mid	central	rounded	395	ɞ	ɞ	3\	Sound sample^ⓘ
Open-mid back unrounded vowel	open-mid	back	unrounded	314	ʌ	ʌ	V	Sound sample^ⓘ
Open-mid back rounded vowel	open-mid	back	rounded	306	ɔ	ɔ	O	Sound sample^ⓘ
Near-open front unrounded vowel	near-open	front	unrounded	325	æ	æ	{	Sound sample^ⓘ
Near-open central vowel	near-open	central	undefined	324	ɐ	ɐ	6	Sound sample^ⓘ
Open front unrounded vowel	open	front	unrounded	304	a	a	a	Sound sample^ⓘ
Open front rounded vowel	open	front	rounded	312	ɶ	ɶ	&	Sound sample^ⓘ
Open back unrounded vowel	open	back	unrounded	305	ɑ	ɑ	A	Sound sample^ⓘ
Open back rounded vowel	open	back	rounded	313	ɒ	ɒ	Q	Sound sample^ⓘ

References

↑ "Full IPA Chart". International Phonetic Association. 2015. Retrieved 11 August 2026.

[1] "Full IPA Chart". International Phonetic Association. 2015. Retrieved 11 August 2026.

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