Close-mid central rounded vowel

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Vowels

See also: IPA, Consonants

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Front

Near-front

Central

Near-back

Back

Close

i • y

ɨ • ʉ

ɯ • u

ɪ • ʏ

• ʊ

e • ø

ɘ • ɵ

ɤ • o

ɛ • œ

ɜ • ɞ

ʌ • ɔ

a • ɶ

ɑ • ɒ

Near‑close

Close‑mid

Mid

Open‑mid

Near‑open

Open

Where symbols appear in pairs, the one to the right
represents a rounded vowel.

Sound sample (help·info)
IPA – number	323
IPA – text	ɵ
IPA – image
Entity	ɵ
X-SAMPA	`8`
Kirshenbaum	`@.<umd>`

[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.

The symbol for the close-mid central unrounded vowel may also be used with a lowering diacritic [ɵ̞], to denote the mid central rounded vowel.

The character ɵ has been used is several Latin-derived alphabets such as the one for Janalif, but in that language it denotes another sound than it does in the IPA. The character is homographic with Cyrillic Ө.

[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.