The close-mid central rounded vowel, or high-mid central rounded vowel,
is a type of
vowel
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sound. The symbol in the
International Phonetic Alphabet
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that represents this sound is , a lowercase
barred letter o. The value was specified only in 1993; until then, 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
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Ó¨. The
Unicode
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code point is .
This vowel occurs in
Cantonese
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,
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 (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 , and that is the convention used in this article. As there is no dedicated
diacritic
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for protrusion in the IPA, symbol for the close central rounded vowel with an old diacritic for labialization, , can be used as an ''ad hoc'' symbol for the close central protruded vowel. Another possible transcription is or (a close central vowel modified by endolabialization), but this could be misread as a diphthong.
Features
Occurrence
Because central rounded vowels are assumed to have protrusion, and few descriptions cover the distinction, some of the following may actually have compression.
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 (simultaneous and labial compression) and ( modified with labial compression).
Features
Occurrence
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