Close-mid central rounded vowel

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The close-mid central rounded vowel, or high-mid central rounded vowel, is a type of vowel sound. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is Template:Angbr IPA, a lowercase barred letter o. The value was specified only in 1993; until then, Template:Angbr IPA represented the mid central rounded vowel .

The character ɵ has been used in several Latin-derived alphabets such as the one for Yañalif but then denotes a sound that is different from that of the IPA. The character is homographic with Cyrillic Ө. The Unicode code point is Template:Unichar.

This vowel occurs in Cantonese, Dutch, French, Russian and Swedish as well as in a number of English dialects as a realization of (as in foot), (as in nurse) or (as in goat).

This sound rarely contrasts with the near-close front rounded vowel and so is sometimes transcribed with the symbol Template:Angbr IPA (the symbol for the near-close front rounded vowel).

Close-mid central protruded vowel

The close-mid central protruded vowel is typically transcribed in IPA simply as Template:Angbr IPA, and that is the convention used in this article. As there is no dedicated diacritic for protrusion in the IPA, symbol for the close central rounded vowel with an old diacritic for labialization, Template:Angbr IPA, can be used as an ad hoc symbol Template:Angbr IPA for the close central protruded vowel. Another possible transcription is Template:Angbr IPA or Template:Angbr IPA (a close central vowel modified by endolabialization), but this could be misread as a diphthong.

Occurrence

Because central rounded vowels are assumed to have protrusion, and few descriptions cover the distinction, some of the following may actually have compression.

Language		Word	IPA	Meaning	Notes
Asturian	Some Western dialects			'outside'	Realization of Template:Angbr in the diphthong Template:Angbr. May also be realized as Template:IPAblink or Template:IPAblink.
Azeri	TabrizTemplate:Sfnp			'eye'	Typically transcribed as .
Chinese	Cantonese	/		'to go out'	See Cantonese phonology
Dutch	StandardTemplate:SfnpTemplate:Sfnp			'hut'	See Dutch phonology
English	Cardiff	foot		'foot'	More often unrounded Template:IPAblink; corresponds to Template:IPAblink in other dialects. See English phonology
	General South AfricanTemplate:Sfnp				Younger, especially female speakers.Template:Sfnp Other speakers have a less front vowel Template:IPAblink. May be transcribed in IPA with Template:Angbr IPA or Template:Angbr IPA. See South African English phonology
	Modern Received Pronunciation				in more conservative varieties. See English phonology
	HullTemplate:Sfnp	goat		'goat'	Corresponds to in other dialects.
	New ZealandTemplate:Sfnp	bird		'bird'	Corresponds to in other dialects. See New Zealand English phonology
French				'I'	May be transcribed in IPA with Template:Angbr IPA or Template:Angbr IPA. Also described as mid Template:IPAblink.Template:SfnpTemplate:Sfnp May be more front for a number of speakers. See French phonology
German	SwabianTemplate:Sfnp			'becomes'	Allophone of before .Template:Sfnp
	Upper SaxonTemplate:Sfnp			'wonder'	The example word is from the Chemnitz dialect.
HiwTemplate:Sfnp				'forget'
Irish	MunsterTemplate:Sfnp	dúnadh		'closing'	Allophone of adjacent to broad consonants, when the vowel in the preceding syllable is either or .Template:Sfnp See Irish phonology
Kazakh				'eye'	Typically transcribed in IPA with Template:Angbr IPA.
Limburgish	Most dialectsTemplate:SfnpTemplate:SfnpTemplate:Sfnp			'bump'	Typically transcribed in IPA with Template:Angbr IPA. The example word is from the Weert dialect.Template:SfnpTemplate:SfnpTemplate:Sfnp
	MaastrichtianTemplate:Sfnp			'books'	Sometimes realized as a narrow diphthong ;Template:Sfnp typically transcribed in IPA with Template:Angbr IPA. Front Template:IPAblink in other dialects.Template:SfnpTemplate:Sfnp
MongolianTemplate:Sfnp		/ögökh		'to give'
Norwegian	StavangerskTemplate:Sfnp			'gold'	Near-close Template:IPAblink in other dialects that have this vowel.Template:Sfnp Typically transcribed in IPA with Template:Angbr IPA. See Norwegian phonology
	Urban EastTemplate:Sfnp			'sweet'	Also described as front Template:IPAblink;Template:Sfnp typically transcribed in IPA with Template:Angbr IPA. See Norwegian phonology
Ripuarian	Kerkrade dialect			'marksman'	See Kerkrade dialect phonology
RussianTemplate:Sfnp		/tyotya	{{errorTemplate:Main other|Audio file "Ru-тётя.ogg" not found}}Template:Category handlerTemplate:Category handler	'aunt'	Allophone of following a palatalized consonant. See Russian phonology
Tajik	Northern dialectsTemplate:Sfnp	/kūh		'mountain'	May be realized as mid Template:IPAblink, merged with /u/ in the central and southern dialects. See Tajik phonology
Toda		பர்/pȫr		'name'
Uzbek				'eye'	Allophone of , especially near velar consonants and . May be realized as mid Template:IPAblink. See Uzbek phonology
West Frisian	StandardTemplate:SfnpTemplate:Sfnp			'well'	Typically transcribed in IPA with Template:Angbr IPA. See West Frisian phonology
	Southwestern dialects			'feet'	Corresponds to in other dialects. See West Frisian phonology
Xumi	LowerTemplate:Sfnp			'to filter tea'	Typically transcribed in IPA with Template:Angbr IPA.Template:Sfnp
	UpperTemplate:Sfnp			'way to do things'	Allophone of after alveolar consonants; may be realized as Template:IPAblink or Template:IPAblink instead.Template:Sfnp

Close-mid central compressed vowel

As there is no official diacritic for compression in the IPA, the centering diacritic is used with the front rounded vowel , which is normally compressed. Other possible transcriptions are Template:Angbr IPA (simultaneous and labial compression) and Template:Angbr IPA ( modified with labial compression).

Occurrence

Language		Word	IPA	Meaning	Notes
Swedish	Central StandardTemplate:Sfnp			'full'	More often described as mid Template:IPAblink.Template:SfnpTemplate:Sfnp See Swedish phonology
Siberian Tatar	Baraba	Template:Example needed

See also

• Index of phonetics articles

References

• A summary of the presentation can be found here Template:Webarchive.

External links

• Template:Phoible