Open back unrounded 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 open back unrounded 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 A. The symbol Template:IPA is called script a because it lacks the extra hook on top of a printed letter 'a', which corresponds to a different vowel, the open front unrounded vowel. Script a, which has its linear stroke on the right, should not be confused with turned script a Template:IPA, which has its linear stroke on the left and corresponds to a rounded version of this vowel, the open back rounded vowel.
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Features
- Its vowel height is open, which means the tongue is positioned as far as possible from the roof of the mouth.
- 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.
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Occurs in
- Dutch: bat Template:IPA, 'bath'
- English: (RP and GA) spa Template:IPA; (GA) hot Template:IPA
- In AuE, this vowel occurs only as the first part of the diphthong Template:IPA, as in light Template:IPA, buy Template:IPA.
- French: pâte Template:IPA, 'dough'
- Hungarian: áll Template:IPA, 'chin, stand'ko:후설 비원순 저모음
