Open vowel
The open vowels with dedicated symbols in the International Phonetic Alphabet are: There also are central vowels that do not have dedicated symbols in the IPA: There is no unambiguous way of transcribing the open central vowels (but see obsolete/nonstandard IPA ᴀ).However, in practice the diaeresis is assumed to mean central, while ⟨a̠⟩ and ⟨ɒ̟⟩ are used for the front and back articulations, respectively.The extremely rare contrast between open front, central and back unrounded vowels has been reported to occur in the Hamont-Achel dialect of Limburgish, which features long versions of these sounds, as well as short versions of the open front and back vowels.The short versions do not contrast directly with the open central vowel, which can only be long.Shaded areas denote articulations judged impossible.