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Open-mid back rounded vowel
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{{Vowels}}
{{Infobox IPA|ipa-number=306|ipa=596|ipa-image=Xsampa-O2.png|xsampa=O|kirshenbaum=O|sound=Open-mid back rounded vowel.ogg}}
The '''open-mid back rounded vowel''' is a type of
vowel sound, used in some
speech spoken languages. The symbol in the
International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is {{IPA|ɔ}}, and the equivalent
X-SAMPA symbol is
O. The IPA symbol is a turned letter ''c'' and both the symbol and the sound are commonly called "open-o". The name ''open-o'' represents the sound, in that it is like the sound represented by [o], the
close-mid back rounded vowel, except it is more open. It also represents the symbol, which can be remembered as an ''o'' which has been "opened" by removing part of the closed circular shape.
Features
* Its
vowel height is
open-mid vowel open-mid, which means the tongue is positioned halfway between an
open vowel and a
mid vowel.
* Its
vowel backness is
back vowel back, which means the tongue is positioned as far back as possible in the mouth without creating a constriction that would be classified as a
consonant.
* Its
vowel roundedness is
rounded vowel rounded, which means that the lips are rounded.
Occurs in
*
Catalan language Catalan: ''c'''o'''sa'' {{IPA|[kɔzə]}}, 'thing'
*
Dutch language Dutch: ''d'''o'''r'' {{IPA|[dɔr]}}, 'parched'
*
Dutch language Dutch: ''d'''oo'''r'' {{IPA|[dÉ”Ë?r]}}, 'through'
*
English language English: (
Received Pronunciation RP) ''b'''a'''ll'' {{IPA|[bÉ”Ì?Ë?l]}}; (
Australian English AuE and
New Zealand English NZE) ''h'''o'''t'' {{IPA|[hɔt]}}
*
French language French: ''s'''o'''rt'' {{IPA|[sɔʀ]}}, 'fate'
*
German language German: ''v'''o'''ll'' {{IPA|[fɔl]}}, 'full'
*
Greek language Greek: '''''ó'''ταν'' {{IPA|[ɔtan]}}, 'when'
*
Polish language Polish: '''o'''k'''o''' {{IPA|[ɔkɔ]}}, 'an eye'
*
Portuguese language Portuguese: ''m'''ó'''dulo'' {{IPA|[mɔdulu]}}, 'module'
*
Swedish language Swedish: '''''Ã¥'''tta'' {{Audio-IPA|sv-Ã¥tta.ogg|[ˈɔtË?a]}}, 'eight'
*
Vietnamese language Vietnamese: ''t'''o''''' {{IPA|[tɔ̄]}}, 'large'
Category:Vowels
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