Mid back unrounded vowel

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Mid back unrounded vowel
ɤ̞
ʌ̝
IPA Number 315 430
Encoding
Entity (decimal) ɤ​̞
Unicode (hex) U+0264 U+031E

The mid back unrounded vowel is a type of vowel sound, used in some spoken languages. Acoustically it is a mid back-central unrounded vowel.[1] Although there is no dedicated symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents the "exact" mid back unrounded vowel between close-mid [ɤ] and open-mid [ʌ] (because no language is known to distinguish all three), ⟨ɤ⟩ is normally used. If precision is desired, diacritics can be used, such as ⟨ɤ̞⟩ or ⟨ʌ̝⟩.

Features

IPA vowel chart
Front Near-​front Central Near-​back Back
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Near-close
Close-mid
Mid
Open-mid
Near-open
Open
Paired vowels are: unrounded • rounded
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Occurrence

Language Word IPA Meaning Notes
Bulgarian[2] път [pɤ̞̈t̪] 'path' Near-back.[2] See Bulgarian phonology
Chinese Shanghainese[3] [kɤ̞̈¹] 'ditch' Near-back; tends to be diphthongized to [ɤ̞̈ɯ̞̈] by younger speakers.[4]
Danish Standard[5] læger [ˈleːɤ̞̈] 'doctors' Near-back; one of possible realizations of the sequences /ər, rə, rər/.[5] See Danish phonology
English Cardiff[6] plus [pl̥ɤ̞̈s] 'plus' Near-back.[6][7] In Cardiff, it may be [ə], [ɜ], [ɜ̟] or [ë̞] instead.[6] It corresponds to [ʌ] in other dialects. See English phonology
Norfolk[7]
Estonian[8] kõrv [kɤ̞rv] 'ear' Can be mid central [ə] or close back [ɯ] instead, depending on the speaker.[8] See Estonian phonology
German Chemnitz dialect[9] Schirm [ʃɤ̞̈ˤːm] 'umbrella' Pharyngealized near-back; may be transcribed in IPA with ⟨ʌˤː⟩. It may be realized as [ɪːɒ̯] instead.[9] See Chemnitz dialect phonology
Ibibio[10] [dɤ̞̈k˦] 'enter' Near-back; typically transcribed in IPA with ⟨ʌ⟩.[10]
Vietnamese Hanoi[11] t [t̻ɤ̞̈˧˨] 'sheet' Near-back.[11] Realization of /ɤ/ (also transcribed in IPA with ⟨ə⟩) according to Kirby (2011). See Vietnamese phonology
Võro Võro [ˈvɤ̞ro̞] 'Võro'

See also

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