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Main sound category: Vowels
Sound category: mid central unrounded vowel
IPA symbol: ə
IPA description: mid central unrounded vowel
UPSID symbol: "@
UPSID description: mid central unrounded vowel
Occurs in 85 languages
That is in 17.28% of all languages
Occurs in: Abar Abipon Achumawi Akawaio Alamblak Albanian Amharic Andoke Asmat Bashkir Bodo Bororo Burmese Catalan (Central) Cham Changzhou Dagbani Dagur Daju Dera Diegueno Dutch English English_Australian French Fur German Guahibo Guambiano Iban Indonesian Ivatan Iwam Javanese Kala lagaw ya Kam Kanakuru Kera Koma Komi Konkani Konyagi Kurdish Kurukh Kwakw'ala Lai Lenakel Lua Lushootseed Mari Mazahua Mixe Nama Nambakaengo Naxi Nepali NepaliOH Nganasan Noni Paiwan Pashto Picuris Po-ai Qawasqar Romanian Sa'ban Sama Sentani Shiriana Shuswap Sinhalese Socotri Sui Tabi Tamasheq Tarok Tehuelche Tigre Upper chehalis Urdu_Pakistan Wantoat Waris West makian Yay Yupik