Open front rounded vowel
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The (near-)open front rounded vowel, or (near-)low front rounded vowel,[1] is a type of vowel sound that has not been confirmed to be phonemic in any spoken language.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is Template:Angbr IPA, and the equivalent X-SAMPA symbol is &. The letter Template:Angbr IPA is the small caps rendition of Template:Angbr. Template:Angbr IPA, the lowercase version of the ligature, is used for the open-mid front rounded vowel.
While the IPA chart lists it as a fully open vowel, the rounded equivalent of Script error: No such module "IPA"., Ladefoged[2] characterizes it as near-open, the rounded equivalent of Script error: No such module "IPA"..
A phoneme generally transcribed by this symbol is reported from the Bavarian dialect of Amstetten. However, it is phonetically open-mid, Template:IPAblink.[3]
It occurs allophonically in Weert Limburgish[4] as well as in some speakers of Danish[5] and Swedish.[6] Certain transcriptions of Danish use Template:Angbr IPA to denote an open-mid front rounded vowel Template:IPAblink.[5]
In Maastrichtian Limburgish, the vowel transcribed with Template:Angbr IPA in the Mestreechter Taol dictionary is phonetically near-open central Template:IPAblink. It is a phonological open-mid front rounded vowel, the long counterpart of Script error: No such module "IPA"..[7]
Template:Harvcoltxt reports that Script error: No such module "IPA". in Stockholm Swedish is sometimes difficult to distinguish from Template:IPAblink, which is the main realization of the Script error: No such module "IPA". phoneme, a sign that both vowels are phonetically very close.[6]
Features
Template:Open vowel Template:Front vowel Template:Rounded vowel
Occurrence
| Language | Word | IPA | Meaning | Notes | |
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| Danish | Some speakers[5] | Script error: No such module "Lang". | Script error: No such module "IPA". | 'green' | Near-open;[8] allophone of Script error: No such module "IPA". between Script error: No such module "IPA". and Script error: No such module "IPA". as well as an allophone of Script error: No such module "IPA". between Script error: No such module "IPA". and a nasal.[9] Other speakers pronounce it the same as Template:IPAblink.[5] See Danish phonology |
| Limburgish | Weert dialect[4] | Script error: No such module "Lang". | Script error: No such module "IPA". | 'shower' | Allophone of Script error: No such module "IPA". before Script error: No such module "IPA"..[4] See Weert dialect phonology |
| Swedish | Stockholm[6] | Script error: No such module "Lang". | Script error: No such module "IPA". | 'ear' | Pre-Script error: No such module "IPA". allophone of Script error: No such module "IPA". (sometimes also Script error: No such module "IPA".) for younger speakers.[6] Open-mid Script error: No such module "IPA". for other speakers.[6] See Swedish phonology |
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