Close central rounded vowel
(Redirected from High central rounded vowel)
Categories: Linguistics stubs | Vowels
| Edit - 2× | Front | N.-front | Central | N.-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.
represents a rounded vowel.
| IPA – number | 318 |
| IPA – text | ʉ |
| IPA – image | Image:Xsampa-rightcurly.png |
| entity | ʉ |
| X-SAMPA | } |
| Kirshenbaum | u" |
| Sound sample ▶(?) | |
|---|---|
The close central 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 ʉ, and the equivalent X-SAMPA symbol is }. The IPA symbol is the letter u with a horizontal bar. Both the symbol and the sound are commonly referred to as "barred-u".
There is also a close central compressed vowel which contrasts with both the rounded and unrounded close central vowels.
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Features
- Its vowel height is close, which means the tongue is positioned as close as possible to the roof of the mouth without creating a constriction that would be classified as a consonant.
- 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 and protrude, and the inner surfaces are exposed.
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