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ɛ̝

mid

front

unrounded

oral vowel

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IPA [ɛ̝]
AS [ė]

positional variant (does not occur in isolation)

Based on Maciołek & Tambor (2012)

Mid, front, unrounded, oral vowel.
It occurs between palatal or palatalized consonants. The articulation is somewhat raised in comparison to [ɛ].

[ɛ̝] in expressions

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dzień

EN day
IPA [d͡ʑɛ̝ɲ]
AS [ʒ́ėń]