IPA vowel chart with audio

IPA: Vowels

	Front	Central	Back
Close	i ⓘ y ⓘ	ɨ ⓘ ʉ ⓘ	ɯ ⓘ u ⓘ
Near-close	ɪ ⓘ ʏ ⓘ		ʊ ⓘ
Close-mid	e ⓘ ø ⓘ	ɘ ⓘ ɵ ⓘ	ɤ ⓘ o ⓘ
Mid	e̞ ⓘ ø̞ ⓘ	ə ⓘ	ɤ̞ ⓘ o̞ ⓘ
Open-mid	ɛ ⓘ œ ⓘ	ɜ ⓘ ɞ ⓘ	ʌ ⓘ ɔ ⓘ
Near-open	æ ⓘ	ɐ ⓘ
Open	a ⓘ ɶ ⓘ	ä ⓘ	ɑ ⓘ ɒ ⓘ

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