In phonetics, schwa is the mid central vowel (transcribed [ə]) or similar neutral vowel. Schwa may also refer to: Typography and writing 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 Look up schwa in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Schwa (art), an underground conceptual artwork of Bill Barker Schwa (restaurant), an eatery in Chicago, Illinois, United States This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Schwa.If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Wikiwand - on Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.