English vowel transcribed and called "schwa" is a central unrounded vowel that can be close-mid , mid or open-mid , depending on the environment.The French vowel transcribed that way is closer to .

If a mid-central vowel of a language is not a reduced vowel, or if it may be stressed, it may be more unambiguous to transcribe it with one of the other mid-central vowel letters: for an unrounded vowel or for a rounded vowel.

Mid central unrounded vowel

The mid central unrounded

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