Near-close near-back rounded vowel
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| Vowels | |||||
| front | near-front | central | near-back | back | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| close | [[close front unrounded vowel | ]] • [[close front rounded vowel | ]] | [[close central unrounded vowel | ]] • [[close central rounded vowel | ]] | [[close back unrounded vowel | ]] • [[close back rounded vowel | ]] | ||
| near-close | [[near-close near-front unrounded vowel | ]] • [[near-close near-front rounded vowel | ]] | [[near-close near-back rounded vowel | ]] | |||
| close-mid | [[close-mid front unrounded vowel | ]] • [[close-mid front rounded vowel | ]] | [[close-mid central unrounded vowel | ]] • [[close-mid central rounded vowel | ]] | [[close-mid back unrounded vowel | ]] • [[close-mid back rounded vowel | ]] | ||
| mid | [[schwa | ]] | ||||
| open-mid | [[open-mid front unrounded vowel | ]] • [[open-mid front rounded vowel | ]] | [[open-mid central unrounded vowel | ]] • [[open-mid central rounded vowel | ]] | [[open-mid back unrounded vowel | ]] • [[open-mid back rounded vowel | ]] | ||
| near-open | [[near-open front unrounded vowel | ]] | [[near-open central vowel | ]] | |||
| open | [[open front unrounded vowel | ]] • [[open front rounded vowel | ]] | [[open back unrounded vowel | ]] • [[open back rounded vowel | ]] | |||
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The near-close near-back rounded vowel is a type of vowel sound, used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is Template:IPA, and the equivalent X-SAMPA symbol is U. The IPA symbol is a small letter upsilon.
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Features
- Its vowel height is near-open, which means the tongue is positioned similarly to a close vowel, but slightly less constricted.
- Its vowel backness is near-back, which means the tongue is positioned as in a back vowel, but slightly further forward in the mouth.
- Its vowel roundedness is rounded, which means that the lips are rounded.
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Occurs in
- English: book Template:IPA
- German: Schutz Template:IPA, 'protection'
- Swedish: ort Template:Audio-IPA, '(geographic) place'
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History
Prior to 1989, the IPA symbol was Template:IPA ("closed omega"); this symbol is now obsolete.ko:근후설 원순 근고모음
