Editing Close vowel (section)

==Partial list==
The six close vowels that have dedicated symbols in the [[International Phonetic Alphabet]] are:

* [[close front unrounded vowel]] {{IPA|[i]}}
* [[close front compressed vowel]] {{IPA|[y]}}
* [[close central unrounded vowel]] {{IPA|[ɨ]}}
* [[close central protruded vowel]] {{IPA|[ʉ]}}
* [[close back unrounded vowel]] {{IPA|[ɯ]}}
* [[close back protruded vowel]] {{IPA|[u]}}

(IPA letters for [[rounded vowels]] are ambiguous as to whether the rounding is protrusion or compression. However, transcription of the world's languages tends to pattern as above.)

There also are close vowels that do not have dedicated symbols in the IPA:
* [[close front protruded vowel]] {{IPA|[ʉ̟] (yʷ)}}
* [[close central compressed vowel]] {{IPA|[ÿ] (ɏ)}}
* [[close back compressed vowel]] {{IPA|[ɯᵝ] (u͍)}}

Other close vowels can be indicated with diacritics of [[relative articulation]] applied to letters for neighboring vowels, such as {{angbr IPA|i̠}} or {{angbr IPA|ɪ̝}} for a close near-front unrounded vowel.