Beginning or end of "Athena"

• The "e" sound in "they," e.g
• A neutral middle vowel
• Vowel with an "uh" sound
• One's at either end of "America"
• One is at either end of Alaska
• Phonetic symbol
• One of two in Alabama
• Something found on the eastern end of China?
• Sound in the middle of Italy?

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In linguistics , specifically phonetics and phonology , schwa ( or rarely ) (sometimes spelled shwa ) refers to the mid central vowel sound (rounded or unrounded) in the middle of the vowel chart , denoted by the IPA symbol , or another vowel sound close ...