Near-close central rounded vowel
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| Front | Near- front | Central | Near- back | Back | |
| Close | |||||
| Near-close | |||||
| Close-mid | |||||
| Mid | |||||
| Open-mid | |||||
| Near-open | |||||
| Open | |||||
Where symbols appear in pairs, the one to the right represents
a rounded vowel. Vowel length is indicated by appending ː.
a rounded vowel. Vowel length is indicated by appending ː.
The near-close central rounded vowel is a type of vowel sound, used in some spoken languages. The International Phonetic Alphabet can represent this sound as < ʊ̈ > (centralized ʊ) or < ʉ̞ > (lowered ʉ). Recently the OED has adopted an unofficial extension of the IPA, ʊ̵, that is a conflation of ʊ and ʉ, for this sound or for free variation between [ʊ] and [ə].
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[edit] Features
- Its vowel height is near-close, which means the tongue is positioned similarly to a close vowel, but slightly less constricted.
- 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.
[edit] Occurrence
| Language | Word | IPA | Meaning | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English | euphoria | [jʊ̈ˈfɔəɹiə] | 'euphoria' | See English phonology. Reduced form of the vowel /uː/. | |
| Russian[1] | ютиться | [jʉ̞ˈtʲit͡sə] | 'to huddle' | Occurs only between palatalized consonants and in unstressed syllables. See Russian phonology | |
[edit] References
- ^ Jones & Ward (1969:38)
[edit] Bibliography
- Jones, Daniel & Ward Dennis (1969), The Phonetics of Russian, Cambridge University Press
