Near-close near-back rounded 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 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 , and the equivalent X-SAMPA symbol is U. The IPA symbol is a small letter upsilon.
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.
Occurs in
- English: book
- German: Schutz , 'protection'
- Swedish: ort Template:Audio-IPA, '(geographic) place'
History
Prior to 1989, the IPA symbol was ("closed omega"); this symbol is now obsolete.ko:근후설 원순 근고모음