ə

Coined by German philologist Johann Andreas Schmeller in 1821 for his grammar of Bavarian.[1]

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ə (upper case Ə)

1. The Latin letter schwa.

ə

1. (IPA) mid-central unrounded vowel.

• ᵊ

• With hook: ɚ
• E
• Ǝ (turned E), ǝ
• Ә (Cyrillic schwa)
• ع (ain)
• Wikipedia article on Schwa

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /æ/

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ə lower case (upper case Ə)

1. The seventh letter of the Azerbaijani alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• (Latin-script letters) hərf; A a, B b, C c, Ç ç, D d, E e, Ə ə, F f, G g, Ğ ğ, H h, X x, I ı, İ i, J j, K k, Q q, L l, M m, N n, O o, Ö ö, P p, R r, S s, Ş ş, T t, U u, Ü ü, V v, Y y, Z z

ə

1. The eleventh letter of the Lushootseed alphabet, pronounced as a mid-central vowel.

Probably from IPA transcription ə or even before from German transcriptions.

• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /ə́/, /ə̀/
• (symbol name): IPA^(key): /ə̀ː/, IPA^(key): /pɔʋɡláːsnik/ (polglasnik)
• Rhymes: -ə, -aːsnik

ə

1. (tonal SNPT) Phonetic transcription of sounds [ə́, ə̀].

Symbol is sometimes used as a letter to denote pitch and pronunciation in a word, but that is mostly limited to foreign or specialized dictionaries.

• ē
• è
• e
• ê
• ḙ
• é
• é

• Toporišič, Jože (2000) Slovenska slovnica / Jože Toporišič. - 4. prenovljena in razširjena izd. (in Slovene), Obzorja, →ISBN