The close-mid central rounded vowel, or high-mid central rounded vowel,
is a type of
vowel
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sound. The symbol in the
International Phonetic Alphabet
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that represents this sound is , a lowercase
barred letter o.
The character ɵ has been used in several Latin-derived alphabets such as the one for
Yañalif but then denotes a sound that is different from that of the IPA. The character is homographic with
Cyrillic
, bg, кирилица , mk, кирилица , russian: кириллица , sr, ћирилица, uk, кирилиця
, fam1 = Egyptian hieroglyphs
, fam2 = Proto-Sinaitic
, fam3 = Phoenician
, fam4 = G ...
Ө. The
Unicode
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code point is .
This vowel occurs in
Cantonese
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,
Dutch,
French
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** French language, which originated in France, and its various dialects and accents
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,
Russian and
Swedish
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Anything from or related to Sweden, a country in Northern Europe. Or, specifically:
* Swedish language, a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Sweden and Finland
** Swedish alphabet, the official alphabet used by ...
as well as in a number of English dialects as a realization of (as in ''foot''), (as in ''nurse'') or (as in ''goat'').
This sound rarely contrasts with the
near-close front rounded vowel
The near-close front rounded vowel, or near-high front 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 ...
and so is sometimes transcribed with the symbol .
Close-mid central protruded vowel
The close-mid central protruded vowel is typically transcribed in IPA simply as , and that is the convention used in this article. As there is no dedicated
diacritic
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for protrusion in the IPA, symbol for the close central rounded vowel with an old diacritic for labialization, , can be used as an ''ad hoc'' symbol for the close central protruded vowel. Another possible transcription is or (a close central vowel modified by endolabialization), but this could be misread as a diphthong.
Features
Occurrence
Because central rounded vowels are assumed to have protrusion, and few descriptions cover the distinction, some of the following may actually have compression.
Close-mid central compressed vowel
As there is no official diacritic for compression in the IPA, the centering diacritic is used with the front rounded vowel , which is normally compressed. Other possible transcriptions are (simultaneous and labial compression) and ( modified with labial compression).
Features
Occurrence
See also
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Index of phonetics articles
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* Acoustic phonetics
* Active articulator
* Affricate
* Airstream mechanism
* Alexander John Ellis
* Alexander Melville Bell
* Alfred C. Gimson
* Allophone
* Alveolar approximant ()
* Alveolar click ()
* Alveolar consonant
* Alveolar ejecti ...
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Close-mid vowels
Central vowels
Rounded vowels