The International Phonetic Alphabet distinguishes two mid back unrounded vowels:
- The close-mid back unrounded vowel
- The open-mid back unrounded vowel
Famous quotes containing the words mid and/or vowel:
“At the mid hour of night, when stars are weeping, I fly
To the lone vale we loved when life was warm in thine eye,”
—Thomas Moore (17791852)
“Brute animals have the vowel sounds; man only can utter consonants.”
—Samuel Taylor Coleridge (17721834)