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Where does the "o" sound fit into Chinese phonology? Is it a mid vowel?

According to the two-vowel analysis of Standard Mandarin phonology, the statement that: An allophone of the middle vowel /ə/ is described as [o] ... still 'holds' for closed syllables ending in /-ŋ/,...
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Where does the "o" sound fit into Chinese phonology? Is it a mid vowel?

start quote << The precise realization of each vowel depends on its phonetic environment. In particular, the vowel /ə/ has two broad allophones [e] and [o] (corresponding respectively to pinyin ...
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