Close-mid central rounded vowel
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| Edit - 2× | Front | N.-front | Central | N.-back | Back |
| Close | |||||
| Near-close | |||||
| Close-mid | |||||
| Mid | |||||
| Open-mid | |||||
| Near-open | |||||
| Open | |||||
Where symbols appear in pairs, the one to the right
represents a rounded vowel.
See also: IPA, Consonantsrepresents a rounded vowel.
| IPA – number | 323 |
| IPA – text | ɵ |
| IPA – image |  |
| Entity | ɵ |
| X-SAMPA | 8 |
| Kirshenbaum | @.<umd> |
| Sound sample | |
|---|---|
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[edit] Close-mid central rounded vowel
The close-mid central 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 ɵ, and the equivalent X-SAMPA symbol is 8. The symbol ɵ is a lowercase barred letter o, and should not be confused with the Greek letter theta (θ), which in IPA corresponds to a consonant sound, the voiceless dental fricative.
[edit] Features
Features of this vowel:
- Its vowel height is close-mid, which means the tongue is positioned halfway between close vowel and a mid vowel.
- Its vowel backness is central, which means the tongue is positioned halfway between a front vowel and a back vowel.
- Its vowel roundedness is rounded, which means that the lips are rounded.
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[edit] Mid central rounded vowel
Languages may have a mid central rounded vowel (a rounded [ə]), distinct from both the close-mid and open-mid vowels. However, since no language is known to distinguish all three, there is no separate IPA symbol for the mid vowel, and [ɵ] is generally used. If precision is desired, the lowering diacritic can be used: [ɵ̞].
