E - Use in Other Languages

Use in Other Languages

In the International Phonetic Alphabet, /e/ represents the close-mid front unrounded vowel. In nearly all other languages it represents either this or /ɛ/, or some variation (such as a nasalized version) of these sounds, often with diacritics (⟨e ê é è ë ē ĕ ě ẽ ė ẹ ę ẻ⟩) to indicate contrasts. Less commonly, as in Saanich, E represents a mid-central vowel /ə/. Digraphs with ⟨e⟩ are common to indicate diphthongs and monophthongs, such as ⟨ea⟩ or ⟨ee⟩ for /iː/ or /eɪ/ in English, ⟨ei⟩ for /aɪ/ in German, and ⟨eu⟩ for /ø/ in French or /ɔɪ/ in German.