Schwa

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Schwa is the name linguists use for the most neutral of vowel sounds, the gentle grunt of the first syllable of 'uh huh'. Its phonetic symbol is ə.

In English language English, it can be represented by a number of vowel-letters: its is the u in 'careful', the e in 'worker', the 'a' in above' and the 'o' in 'person'.

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