Open-mid back rounded vowel

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i • y
ɨ • ʉ
ɯ • u
ɪ • ʏ
• ʊ
e • ø
ɘ • ɵ
ɤ • o
ɛ • œ
ɜ • ɞ
ʌ • ɔ
a • ɶ
ɑ • ɒ
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Where symbols appear in pairs, the one to the right
represents a rounded vowel.
IPA – number 306
IPA – text ɔ
IPA – image {{{imagesize}}}
Entity ɔ
X-SAMPA O
Kirshenbaum O
Sound sample (help·info)

The 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.

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[edit] Occurrence

Language Word IPA Meaning Notes
Albanian po [pɔ] 'yes'
Bengali বস [bɔʃ] 'sit' See Bengali phonology
Catalan[1] cosa [kɔzə] 'thing' See Catalan phonology
Chinese Cantonese 鎖/so2 [sɔː] 'lock' See Standard Cantonese
Czech oko [ɔkɔ] 'an eye' See Czech phonology
Dutch bot [bɔt] 'bone' See Dutch phonology
English Australian hot [hɔt] 'hot' See Australian English phonology
GA bog [bɔg] 'bog' Some speakers. See English phonology
RP bore [bɔː] 'bore' See English phonology
Faroese nátt [nɔtː] 'bone'
French[2] sort [sɔʀ] 'fate' See French phonology
Georgian[3] სწორი [sʦʼɔɾi] 'correct'
German voll [fɔl] 'full' See German phonology
Italian[4] parola [paˈɾɔːla] 'word' See Italian phonology
Norwegian topp [tɔp] 'top' See Norwegian phonology
Occitan òme [ˈɔme] 'man'
Polish[5] kot [kɔt] (help·info) 'cat' See Polish phonology
Portuguese[6] só [sɔ] 'alone' See Portuguese phonology
Swedish åtta [ˈɔtːa] (help·info) 'eight' See Swedish phonology
Tajik тоҷикӣ [tɔːdʒɪˈkiː] 'Tajik language'
Vietnamese to [tɔ̄] 'large' See Vietnamese phonology

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[edit] References

  1. ^ Carbonell & Llisterri (1992:54)
  2. ^ Fougeron & Smith (1993:73)
  3. ^ Shosted & Chikovani (2006:261-262)
  4. ^ Rogers & d'Arcangeli (2004:119)
  5. ^ Jassem (2003:105)
  6. ^ Cruz-Ferreira (1995:91)

[edit] Bibliography

  • Carbonell, Joan F. & Joaquim Llisterri (1992), "Catalan", Journal of the International Phonetic Association 22 (1-2): 53-56
  • Cruz-Ferreira, Madalena (1995), "European Portuguese", Journal of the International Phonetic Association 25 (2): 90-94
  • Fougeron, Cecile & Caroline L Smith (1993), "Illustrations of the IPA:French", Journal of the International Phonetic Association 23 (2): 73-76
  • Jassem, Wiktor (2003), "Polish", Journal of the International Phonetic Association 33 (1): 103-107
  • Rogers, Derek & Luciana d'Arcangeli (2004), "Italian", Journal of the International Phonetic Association 34 (1): 117-121
  • Shosted, Ryan K. & Chikovani Vakhtang (2006), "Standard Georgian", Journal of the International Phonetic Association 36 (2): 255-264