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Noun: central vowel
  1. (linguistics) any vowel sound in which the tongue is positioned halfway between a front vowel and a back vowel.
    "In practice, unrounded central vowels tend to be further forward and rounded central vowels further back."

Type of: vowel, vowel sound

Encyclopedia: Central vowel

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