Open-mid vowel

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An open-mid vowel (also mid-open vowel, low-mid vowel, mid-low vowel or half-open vowel) is a type of vowel sound used in some spoken languages. The defining characteristic of an open-mid vowel is that the tongue is positioned two-thirds of the way from an open vowel to a mid vowel. The open-mid vowels which have dedicated symbols in the International Phonetic Alphabet are:

There also are open-mid vowels which don't have dedicated symbols in the IPA: