Schwa (disambiguation)

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In phonetics, schwa is the mid central vowel (transcribed [ə]) or similar neutral vowel.

Schwa may also refer to:

Typography and writing[edit]

  • Schwa (Cyrillic), a letter of some Cyrillic-based alphabets
  • Ə, a letter used in some Latin-derived alphabets
  • Shva or shĕwa, a Hebrew diacritic

Other uses[edit]

  • Schwa (art), an underground conceptual artwork of Bill Barker
  • Schwa (restaurant), an eatery in Chicago, Illinois, United States
  • Shwa, an American singer–songwriter