Close-mid 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 close-mid 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 o.
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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 rounded, which means that the lips are rounded.
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Occurs in
- English: (AuE and NZE) ball Template:IPA
- In GA, this vowel occurs as the first part of the diphthong Template:IPA, as in hope Template:IPA, go Template:IPA.
- In Canadian English, this vowel may occur alone in words like boat during rapid speech.
- French: réseau Template:IPA, 'net'
- German: Kohl Template:IPA, 'cabbage'
- Spanish: todo Template:IPA, 'everything'
- Swedish: åka Template:Audio-IPA, 'travel', 'go'
The /o/ French is more close than the /o/ German, the last is more close than the /o/ Spanish. The /o/ German is close-mid (/o/ standard), the Franche is near-close, the Spanish is mid.ko:후설 원순 중고모음
