ə

ə

vowel

vowel

Mid central vowel (schwa)

Technical Details

Symbol

ə

ID

schwa

Unicode

U+0259

Height

mid

Backness

central

Rounding

unrounded

Examples

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English

le

the

French

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ə

vowel

vowel

Mid central vowel (schwa)

Technical Details

Symbol

ə

ID

schwa

Unicode

U+0259

Height

mid

Backness

central

Rounding

unrounded

Examples

about

English

le

the

French

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