Editing Table of vowels

{{Short description|This is a list of vowels. Vowels being letters in English, all words using at least one}}
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This table lists the [[vowel]] letters of the [[International Phonetic Alphabet]]. 
{{IPA vowels}}

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-----
! name
! height
! backness
! roundness
! IPA number
! [[International Phonetic Alphabet|IPA]] text
! IPA image
! [[Character entity reference|Entity]]
! [[X-SAMPA]]
! Sound sample
|-----
! [[Close front unrounded vowel]]
| [[close vowel|close]] || [[front vowel|front]]
| [[unrounded vowel|unrounded]] || 301 || i
| [[Image:Xsampa-i.png]] || &amp;#105; || i
| {{Audio-nohelp|{{IPA symbol|i|output=audio}}|Sound sample}}
|-----
! [[Close front rounded vowel]]
| [[close vowel|close]] || [[front vowel|front]]
| [[rounded vowel|rounded]] || 309 || y
| [[Image:Xsampa-y.png]] || &amp;#121; || y
| {{Audio-nohelp|{{IPA symbol|y|output=audio}}|Sound sample}}
|-----
! [[Close central unrounded vowel]]
| [[close vowel|close]] || [[central vowel|central]]
| [[unrounded vowel|unrounded]] || 317 || ɨ
| [[Image:Xsampa-1.png|20x20px]]|| &amp;#616; || 1
| {{Audio-nohelp|{{IPA symbol|ɨ|output=audio}}|Sound sample}}
|-----
! [[Close central rounded vowel]]
| [[close vowel|close]] || [[central vowel|central]]
| [[rounded vowel|rounded]] || 318 || ʉ
| [[Image:Xsampa-rightcurly.png]] || &amp;#649; || }
| {{Audio-nohelp|{{IPA symbol|ʉ|output=audio}}|Sound sample}}
|-----
! [[Close back unrounded vowel]]
| [[close vowel|close]] || [[back vowel|back]]
| [[unrounded vowel|unrounded]] || 316 || ɯ
| [[Image:Xsampa-M.png]] || &amp;#623; || M
| {{Audio-nohelp|{{IPA symbol|ɯ|output=audio}}|Sound sample}}
|-----
! [[Close back rounded vowel]]
| [[close vowel|close]] || [[back vowel|back]]
| [[rounded vowel|rounded]] || 308 || u
| [[Image:Xsampa-u.png]] || &amp;#117; || u
| {{Audio-nohelp|{{IPA symbol|u|output=audio}}|Sound sample}}
|-----
! [[Near-close front unrounded vowel]]
| [[near-close vowel|near-close]] || [[front vowel|front]]
| [[unrounded vowel|unrounded]] || 319 || ɪ
| [[Image:Xsampa-I2.png]] || &amp;#618; || I
| {{Audio-nohelp|{{IPA symbol|ɪ|output=audio}}|Sound sample}}
|-----
! [[Near-close front rounded vowel]]
| [[near-close vowel|near-close]] || [[front vowel|front]]
| [[rounded vowel|rounded]] || 320 || ʏ
| [[Image:Xsampa-Y2.png]] || &amp;#655; || Y
| {{Audio-nohelp|{{IPA symbol|ʏ|output=audio}}|Sound sample}}
|-----
! [[Near-close back rounded vowel]]
| [[near-close vowel|near-close]] || [[back vowel|back]]
| [[rounded vowel|rounded]] || 321 || ʊ
| [[Image:Xsampa-U2.png]] || &amp;#650; || U
| {{Audio-nohelp|{{IPA symbol|ʊ|output=audio}}|Sound sample}}
|-----
! [[Close-mid front unrounded vowel]]
| [[close-mid vowel|close-mid]] || [[front vowel|front]]
| [[unrounded vowel|unrounded]] || 302 || e
| [[Image:Xsampa-e.png]] || &amp;#101; || e
| {{Audio-nohelp|{{IPA symbol|e|output=audio}}|Sound sample}}
|-----
! [[Close-mid front rounded vowel]]
| [[close-mid vowel|close-mid]] || [[front vowel|front]]
| [[rounded vowel|rounded]] || 310 || ø
| [[Image:Xsampa-2.png]] || &amp;#248; || 2
| {{Audio-nohelp|{{IPA symbol|ø|output=audio}}|Sound sample}}
|-----
! [[Close-mid central unrounded vowel]]
| [[close-mid vowel|close-mid]] || [[central vowel|central]]
| [[unrounded vowel|unrounded]] || 397 || ɘ
| [[Image:Xsampa-atslash.png]] || &amp;#600; || @\
| {{Audio-nohelp|{{IPA symbol|ɘ|output=audio}}|Sound sample}}
|-----
! [[Close-mid central rounded vowel]]
| [[close-mid vowel|close-mid]] || [[central vowel|central]]
| [[rounded vowel|rounded]] || 323 || ɵ
| [[Image:Xsampa-8.png]] || &amp;#629; || 8
| {{Audio-nohelp|{{IPA symbol|ɵ|output=audio}}|Sound sample}}
|-----
! [[Close-mid back unrounded vowel]]
| [[close-mid vowel|close-mid]] || [[back vowel|back]]
| [[unrounded vowel|unrounded]] || 315 || ɤ
| [[Image:Xsampa-7.png]] || &amp;#612; || 7
| {{Audio-nohelp|{{IPA symbol|ɤ|output=audio}}|Sound sample}}
|-----
! [[Close-mid back rounded vowel]]
| [[close-mid vowel|close-mid]] || [[back vowel|back]]
| [[rounded vowel|rounded]] || 307 || o
| [[Image:Xsampa-o.png]] || &amp;#111; || o
| {{Audio-nohelp|{{IPA symbol|o|output=audio}}|Sound sample}}
|-----
! [[Mid central vowel]]
| [[mid vowel|mid]] || [[central vowel|central]]
| undefined || 322 || ə
| [[Image:Xsampa-at.png]] || &amp;#601; || @
| {{Audio-nohelp|{{IPA symbol|ə|output=audio}}|Sound sample}}
|-----
! [[Open-mid front unrounded vowel]]
| [[open-mid vowel|open-mid]] || [[front vowel|front]]
| [[unrounded vowel|unrounded]] || 303 || ɛ
| [[Image:Xsampa-E2.png]] || &amp;#603; || E
| {{Audio-nohelp|{{IPA symbol|ɛ|output=audio}}|Sound sample}}
|-----
! [[Open-mid front rounded vowel]]
| [[open-mid vowel|open-mid]] || [[front vowel|front]]
| [[rounded vowel|rounded]] || 311 || œ
| [[Image:Xsampa-9.png]] || &amp;#339; || 9
| {{Audio-nohelp|{{IPA symbol|œ|output=audio}}|Sound sample}}
|-----
! [[Open-mid central unrounded vowel]]
| [[open-mid vowel|open-mid]] || [[central vowel|central]]
| [[unrounded vowel|unrounded]] || 326 || ɜ
| [[Image:Xsampa-3.png]] || &amp;#604; || 3
| {{Audio-nohelp|{{IPA symbol|ɜ|output=audio}}|Sound sample}}
|-----
! [[Open-mid central rounded vowel]]
| [[open-mid vowel|open-mid]] || [[central vowel|central]]
| [[rounded vowel|rounded]] || 395 || ɞ
| [[Image:Xsampa-3slash.png]] || &amp;#606; || 3\
| {{Audio-nohelp|{{IPA symbol|ɞ|output=audio}}|Sound sample}}
|-----
! [[Open-mid back unrounded vowel]]
| [[open-mid vowel|open-mid]] || [[back vowel|back]]
| [[unrounded vowel|unrounded]] || 314 || ʌ
| [[Image:Xsampa-V.png]] || &amp;#652; || V
| {{Audio-nohelp|{{IPA symbol|ʌ|output=audio}}|Sound sample}}
|-----
! [[Open-mid back rounded vowel]]
| [[open-mid vowel|open-mid]] || [[back vowel|back]]
| [[rounded vowel|rounded]] || 306 || ɔ
| [[Image:Xsampa-O2.png]] || &amp;#596; || O
| {{Audio-nohelp|{{IPA symbol|ɔ|output=audio}}|Sound sample}}
|-----
! [[Near-open front unrounded vowel]]
| [[near-open vowel|near-open]] || [[front vowel|front]]
| [[unrounded vowel|unrounded]] || 325 || æ
| [[Image:Xsampa-leftcurly.png]]
| &amp;#230; || <nowiki>{</nowiki>
| {{Audio-nohelp|{{IPA symbol|æ|output=audio}}|Sound sample}}
|-----
! [[Near-open central vowel]]
| [[near-open vowel|near-open]] || [[central vowel|central]]
| undefined || 324 || ɐ || [[Image:Xsampa-6.png]]
| &amp;#592; || 6
| {{Audio-nohelp|{{IPA symbol|ɐ|output=audio}}|Sound sample}}
|-----
! [[Open front unrounded vowel]]
| [[open vowel|open]] || [[front vowel|front]]
| [[unrounded vowel|unrounded]] || 304 || a
| [[Image:Xsampa-a.png]] || &amp;#97; || a
| {{Audio-nohelp|{{IPA symbol|a|output=audio}}|Sound sample}}
|-----
! [[Open front rounded vowel]]
| [[open vowel|open]] || [[front vowel|front]]
| [[rounded vowel|rounded]] || 312 || ɶ
| [[Image:Xsampa-amper.png]] || &amp;#630; || &
| {{Audio-nohelp|{{IPA symbol|ɶ|output=audio}}|Sound sample}}
|-----
! [[Open back unrounded vowel]]
| [[open vowel|open]] || [[back vowel|back]]
| [[unrounded vowel|unrounded]] || 305 || ɑ
| [[Image:Xsampa-A2.png]] || &amp;#593; || A
| {{Audio-nohelp|{{IPA symbol|ɑ|output=audio}}|Sound sample}}
|-----
! [[Open back rounded vowel]]
| [[open vowel|open]] || [[back vowel|back]]
| [[rounded vowel|rounded]] || 313 || ɒ
| [[Image:Xsampa-Q.png]] || &amp;#594; || Q
| {{Audio-nohelp|{{IPA symbol|ɒ|output=audio}}|Sound sample}}
|}

==See also==
* [[List of consonants]]
* [[Index of phonetics articles]]

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