Close-mid back unrounded vowel
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| Vowels | |||||
| front | near-front | central | near-back | back | |
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| close | • | • | • | ||
| near-close | • | ||||
| close-mid | • | • | • | ||
| mid | |||||
| open-mid | • | • | • | ||
| near-open | |||||
| open | • | • | |||
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The close-mid back unrounded vowel is a type of vowel sound, used in some spoken languages. Its symbol in X-SAMPA is 7, and its equivalent in the International Phonetic Alphabet is . The latter symbol is not to be confused with the small Greek letter gamma (γ); gamma has a descender, which in the IPA corresponds to the voiced velar fricative. The symbol used for this vowel is called "ram's horns".
Features
- Its vowel height is close-mid, which means the tongue is positioned halfway between close vowel and a mid vowel.
- Its vowel backness is back, which means the tongue is positioned as far back as possible in the mouth in the mouth without creating a constriction that would be classified as a consonant.
- Its vowel roundedness is unrounded, which means that the lips are not rounded.
Occurs in
- Chinese: 窠 (pinyin kē) , 'nest'
- Estonian: mõni , 'some'ko:후설 비원순 중고모음