Near-close near-front rounded vowel

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IPA – number	320
IPA – text	ʏ
IPA – image
Entity	ʏ
X-SAMPA	Y
Kirshenbaum	I.
Sound sample (help·info)

The near-close near-front 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 ʏ, and the equivalent X-SAMPA symbol is Y. The IPA symbol is a small capital letter Y.

Swedish has a long near-close near-front compressed vowel [ʏ̫̫ː]. See Close front compressed vowel.

Contents 1 Near-close near-front rounded vowel 1.1 Features 1.2 Occurrence 2 Near-close central rounded vowel 2.1 Features 2.2 Occurrence 3 References 4 Bibliography

[edit] Near-close near-front rounded vowel

[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 near-front, which means the tongue is positioned as in a front vowel, but slightly further back in the mouth.
• Its vowel roundedness is rounded, which means that the lips are rounded when it is spoken.

[edit] Occurrence

Language		Word	IPA	Meaning	Notes
Dutch		hut	[hʏ̞t]	'hut'	Lowered. See Dutch phonology
English	London	book	[bʏk]	'book'	Corresponds to /ʊ/ in other English dialects. See English phonology
Faroese		krúss	[kɹʏsː]	'mug'
French	Quebec	municipalité	[mʏnɪsɪpalɪte]	'municipality'	See Quebec French phonology
German		schützen	[ˈʃʏtsˑn]	'protect'	See German phonology
Icelandic		vinur	[vɪnʏr]	'friend'
Norwegian		nytt	[nʏt]	'new'	See Norwegian phonology
Swedish		ylle	[ˈʏlːɛ] (help·info)	'wool'	See Swedish phonology

[edit] Near-close central rounded vowel

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].

[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'	Only occurs between palatalized consonants and in unstressed syllables. See Russian phonology

[edit] References

[edit] Bibliography

• Jones, Daniel & Ward Dennis (1969), The Phonetics of Russian, Cambridge University Press