Sounds I don't need to know, but want to

I don't have a particular need to recognize or be able to produce these sounds, but I kind of want to anyway. IPA symbol (per Wikipedia) Sound name y Close front rounded vowel ø Close-mid front rounded vowel œ Open-mid front rounded vowel ʊ Near-close near-back rounded vowel

How to read the IPA vowel chart

The IPA vowel chart looks weird and abstract. What is this quadrilateral? How the heck do you read this mess? Am I supposed to be able to tell how to say each vowel from its position in the chart? Fortunately, yes, the position does tell you something. It tells you