The mid-central vowel (also known as schwa) is a type of vowel sound, used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is ⟨ə⟩, a rotated lowercase letter e. The same symbol may be used for the rounded and the unrounded mid-central vowel.
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“Brute animals have the vowel sounds; man only can utter consonants.”
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