Occurrence
| Language | Word | IPA | Meaning | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arabic | Egyptian | ليه | 'why' | See Egyptian Arabic phonology | |
| Levantine | ليش | See Arabic phonology | |||
| Catalan | séc | 'fold' | See Catalan phonology | ||
| Chinese | Cantonese | 鼻 bei6 | 'nose' | See Cantonese phonology | |
| Mandarin | 飛 fēi | 'to fly' | See Mandarin phonology | ||
| Wu | 隑 ge | 'lean' | |||
| Danish | seng | 'bed' | See Danish phonology | ||
| Dutch | Northeastern | vreemd | 'strange' | Some dialects of provinces Groningen, Drenthe, Overijssel and Gelderland. | |
| Southern | In the Netherlands often diphthongized to . See Dutch phonology | ||||
| Standard | |||||
| English | Australian | bed | 'bed' | See Australian English phonology | |
| New Zealand | Can be closer to for some speakers. See English phonology | ||||
| South African | Can also be lower, or higher, depending on the dialect. | ||||
| North American | play | 'play' | Some dialects. Many speakers have a diphthong of the type instead. See English phonology | ||
| Irish | Can be a diphthong instead, depending on the dialect. See English phonology | ||||
| Scottish | See English phonology | ||||
| General Indian | |||||
| Singaporean | |||||
| Faroese | eg | 'I' | |||
| French | beauté | 'beauty' | See French phonology | ||
| Galician | tres | 'three' | |||
| Georgian | მეფჱ | 'king' | |||
| German | Seele | 'soul' | See German phonology | ||
| Italian | stelle | 'stars' | See Italian phonology | ||
| Korean | 베다 beda | 'to cut' | See Korean phonology | ||
| North Frisian | ween | 'blue' | |||
| Norwegian | le | 'laugh' | See Norwegian phonology | ||
| Polish | dzień | 'day' | Allophone of /ɛ/ between palatal or palatalized consonants. See Polish phonology | ||
| Portuguese | mesa | 'table' | See Portuguese phonology | ||
| Russian | шея | 'neck' | Occurs only before soft consonants. See Russian phonology | ||
| Swedish | se | 'see' | See Swedish phonology | ||
| Vietnamese | tê | 'numb' | See Vietnamese phonology | ||
| West Frisian | skeel | 'cross-eyed' | |||
| Zapotec | Tilquiapan | example needed | Occurs mostly after, otherwise the vowel is central | ||
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