Near-open central vowel

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The near-open central vowel, or near-low central vowel, is a type of vowel sound, used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is ⟨ɐ⟩, a rotated lowercase double-story a. Both the symbol and the sound are sometimes referred to as a-schwa.

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