The unlabeled (unlabeled) vowel of the front row of the mid-upper rise is the vowel used in speech in some languages. In the International Phonetic Alphabet, this sound is denoted by e, in X-SAMPA this sound is denoted by e .
| Front | Unstressed front | Medium | Unstressed back | Rear | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Top |  • i y • ɨ ʉ • ɯ u • ɪ ʏ • ɪ̈ ʊ̈ • ɯ̽ ʊ • e ø • ɘ ɵ • ɤ o • e̞ ø̞ • ə ɵ̞ • ɤ̞ o̞ • ɛ œ • ɜ ɞ • ʌ ɔ • æ • ɐ ɞ̞ • a ɶ • ä ɒ̈ • ɑ ɒ | ||||
| Loose tops | |||||
| Mid-upper | |||||
| Medium | |||||
| Mid-lower | |||||
| Loose bottom | |||||
| Lower | |||||
Vowel pairs: unbroken • unbroken | |||||
| Mid-upper unbroken front vowel | |
|---|---|
| e | |
| MFA Number | 302 |
| Unicode (hex) | U + 65 |
| HTML (decimal) | & # 101; |
| X-SAMPA | e |
| Kirshenbaum | e |
| MFA Braille | |
Examples
| Tongue | Word | MFA | Value | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Catalan [1] | c e c | [sek] | 'blind' | ||
| Dutch | vr ee md | [vreːmt] | 'strange' | ||
| English | Australian | b e d | [bed] | 'bed' | |
| North American | pl ay | [pl̥eː] | 'play' | In some dialects. Also the word is pronounced with diphthong [eɪ] . | |
| Faroese | eg | [eː] | 'I' | ||
| french [2] | beaut é | [bote] | 'beauty' | See the article French Phonology | |
| Ukrainian | the depths | [ˈꞪɔlʊbe] | 'pigeons' | ||
| Georgian [3] | მეფ ჱ | [mɛpʰej] | 'king' | ||
| Deutsch | S ee le | [ˈZeːlə] | 'soul' | ||
| Hungarian | h é t | [heːt] | 'week seven' | ||
| Italian [4] | st e ll e | [ˈStelle] | 'stars' | See the article Italian Phonology. | |
| Korean | 베다 / p e da | [ˈPeːda] | 'cut' | ||
| Norwegian | l e | [leː] | 'laugh' | ||
| Polish | dzi e ń | [dʑeɲ] | 'day' | ||
| Portuguese [5] | m e sa | [mezɐ] | 'table' | ||
| Russian [6] | sh e | [ˈꟅejə] | 'neck' | Only in front of soft consonants. See the article Russian Phonetics | |
| Lithuanian | kėdė | [kʲe: `dʲe:] | 'chair' | ||
| Latvian | spēlēt | [`spe: le: t] | 'play' | ||
| Swedish | s e | [seː] | 'see' | ||
| Vietnamese language | t ê | [tē] | 'numb' | ||
Notes
- ↑ Carbonell & Llisterri (1992 : 54)
- ↑ Fougeron & Smith (1993 : 73)
- ↑ Shosted & Chikovani (2006 : 261-262)
- ↑ Rogers & d'Arcangeli (2004 : 119)
- ↑ Cruz-Ferreira (1995 : 91)
- ↑ Jones & Ward (1969 : 44)
Literature
- Carbonell, Joan F. & Joaquim Llisterri (1992), "Catalan", Journal of the International Phonetic Association 22 (1-2): 53-56
- Cruz-Ferreira, Madalena (1995), "European Portuguese", Journal of the International Phonetic Association 25 (2): 90-94
- Fougeron, Cecile & Caroline L Smith (1993), "Illustrations of the IPA: French", Journal of the International Phonetic Association 23 (2): 73-76
- Jones, Daniel & Ward Dennis (1969), The Phonetics of Russian , Cambridge University Press
- Martínez-Celdrán, Eugenio; Ana Ma. Fernández-Planas & Josefina Carrera-Sabaté (2003), "Castilian Spanish", Journal of the International Phonetic Association 33 (2): 255-259
- Roca, Iggy & Wyn Johnson (1999), A Course in Phonology , Blackwell Publishing
- Rogers, Derek & Luciana d'Arcangeli (2004), "Italian", Journal of the International Phonetic Association 34 (1): 117-121
- Shosted, Ryan K. & Chikovani Vakhtang (2006), "Standard Georgian", Journal of the International Phonetic Association 36 (2): 255-264