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Open-mid back rounded vowel
Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - Cite This SourceThe open-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 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, which means the tongue is positioned halfway between an open vowel and a mid vowel.
- Its vowel backness is 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, which means that the lips are rounded.
Occurrence
| Language | Word | IPA | Meaning | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albanian | po | [pɔ] | 'yes' | ||
| Bengali | বস | 'sit' | See Bengali phonology | ||
| Cantonese | 鎖/so2 | 'lock' | See Standard Cantonese | ||
| Catalan | cosa | 'thing' | See Catalan phonology | ||
| Czech | oko | 'an eye' | See Czech phonology | ||
| Dutch | bot | 'bone' | See Dutch phonology | ||
| English | Australian | hot | 'hot' | See Australian English phonology | |
| GA | bog | [bɔg] | 'bog' | Some speakers. See English phonology | |
| RP | bore | 'bore' | See English phonology | ||
| Faroese | nátt | 'bone' | |||
| French | sort | [sɔʀ] | 'fate' | See French phonology | |
| Georgian | სწორი | 'correct' | |||
| German | voll | 'full' | See German phonology | ||
| Italian | parola | [paˈɾɔːla] | 'word' | See Italian phonology | |
| Norwegian | topp | 'top' | See Norwegian phonology | ||
| Occitan | òme | 'man' | |||
| Polish | kot | 'cat' | See Polish phonology | ||
| Portuguese | só | [sɔ] | 'alone' | See Portuguese phonology | |
| Swedish | åtta | 'eight' | See Swedish phonology | ||
| Tajik | тоҷикӣ | [tɔːdʒɪˈkiː] | 'Tajik language' | ||
| Vietnamese | to | 'large' | See Vietnamese phonology | ||
See also
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