In English, /ə/ is traditionally treated as a weak vowel that may occur only in unstressed syllables, but in accents with the STRUT– COMMA merger, such as Welsh English, some higher-prestige Northern England English, and some General American, it is merged with /ʌ/ so /ə/ may be considered to occur in stressed syllables. The name schwa and the symbol ⟨ ə⟩ may be used for some other unstressed and toneless neutral vowel, not necessarily mid central, as it is often used to represent reduced vowels in general. In English and some other languages, it usually represents the mid central vowel sound (rounded or unrounded), produced when the lips, tongue, and jaw are completely relaxed, such as the vowel sound of the ⟨ a⟩ in the English word about.
In linguistics, specifically phonetics and phonology, schwa ( / ʃ w ɑː/, rarely / ʃ w ɔː/ or / ʃ v ɑː/ sometimes spelled shwa) is a vowel sound denoted by the IPA symbol ⟨ ə⟩, placed in the central position of the vowel chart.
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