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Close-mid central rounded vowel

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Close-mid central rounded vowel
ɵ
IPA number323
Audio sample
Encoding
Entity (decimal)ɵ
Unicode (hex)U+0275
X-SAMPA8
Braille⠴ (braille pattern dots-356) ⠕ (braille pattern dots-135)
Front Central Back
Close
Near-close
Close-mid
Mid
Open-mid
Near-open
Open

Legend: unrounded  rounded

The close-mid central rounded vowel, or high-mid central rounded vowel,[1] is a type of vowel sound. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is ɵ, a lowercase barred letter o. The value was specified only in 1993; until then, ɵ represented the mid central rounded vowel [ə̹].

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 Ө. The Unicode code point is U+019F Ɵ LATIN CAPITAL LETTER O WITH MIDDLE TILDE.

This vowel occurs in Cantonese, French, Russian and Swedish as well as in a number of English dialects as a realization of /ʊ/ (as in foot), /ɜː/ (as in nurse) or /oʊ/ (as in goat). It occurs in Dutch as a realisation of /ʏ/ (as in bus).

Close-mid central protruded vowel

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The close-mid central protruded vowel is typically transcribed in IPA simply as ɵ, and that is the convention used in this article. As there is no dedicated diacritic for protrusion in the IPA, the symbol for the close central rounded vowel with an old diacritic for labialization,   ̫, can be used as an ad hoc symbol ɵ̫ for the close central protruded vowel. Another possible transcription is ɵʷ or ɘʷ (a close central vowel modified by endolabialization), but this could be misread as a diphthong.

Features

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Spectrogram of [ɵ]

Occurrence

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Because central rounded vowels are assumed to have protrusion, and few descriptions cover the distinction, some of the following may actually have compression.

LanguageWordIPAMeaningNotes
Asturian Some Western dialects[2] fuöra [ˈfwɵɾɐ] 'outside' Realization of o in the diphthong uo. May also be realized as [ø] or [œ].
AzeriTabriz[3]göz گؤز[gɵz]'eye'Typically transcribed as /œ/.
ChineseCantonese/ceot7[tsʰɵt˥]'to go out'See Cantonese phonology
DutchStandard[4][5]hut[ɦɵt]'hut'See Dutch phonology
EnglishCardiff[6]foot[fɵt]'foot'More often unrounded [ɘ];[7] corresponds to [ʊ] in other dialects. See English phonology
General South African[8]Younger, especially female speakers.[8] Other speakers have a less front vowel [ʊ]. May be transcribed in IPA with ʊ̟ or ʉ̞. See South African English phonology
Standard Southern British[9][fɵʔt][ʊ] in more conservative varieties. See English phonology
Hull[10]goat[ɡɵːt]'goat'Corresponds to /oʊ/ in other dialects.
New Zealand[11]bird[bɵːd]'bird'Corresponds to /ɜː(r)/ in other dialects. See New Zealand English phonology
French[12]je[ʒɵ]'I'May be transcribed in IPA with ə or ɵ. Also described as mid [ɵ̞].[13][14] May be more front for a number of speakers. See French phonology
GermanSwabian[15]wird[ʋɵʕ̞d̥]'becomes'Allophone of /i/ before /ʁ/.[15]
Upper Saxon[16]Wunder[ˈv̞ɵn(d̥)oˤ]'wonder'The example word is from the Chemnitz dialect.
Hiw[17]yöykö[jɵjkɵŋ]'forget'
IrishMunster[18]dúnadh[ˈd̪ˠuːn̪ˠө]'closing'Allophone of /ə/ adjacent to broad consonants, when the vowel in the preceding syllable is either /uː/ or /ʊ/.[18] See Irish phonology
Kazakhкөз[kɵz]'eye'Typically transcribed in IPA with œ.
LimburgishMost dialects[19][20][21]bluts[blɵts]'bump'Typically transcribed in IPA with ʏ. The example word is from the Weert dialect.[19][20][21]
Maastrichtian[20]beuk[bɵːk]'books'Sometimes realized as a narrow diphthong [ɵʉ̞];[20] typically transcribed in IPA with øː. Front [øː] in other dialects.[19][22]
Mongolian[23]өгөх/ögökh[ɵ̘ɣɵ̘̆x]'to give'Allophone of short /o/.
NorwegianStavangersk[24]gull[ɡɵl]'gold'Near-close [ʉ̞] in other dialects that have this vowel.[24] Typically transcribed in IPA with ʉ. See Norwegian phonology
Urban East[25]søt[sɵːt]'sweet'Also described as front [ø̫ː];[26] typically transcribed in IPA with øː. See Norwegian phonology
RipuarianKerkrade dialect[27]sjuts[ʃɵts]'marksman'See Kerkrade dialect phonology
Russian[28]тётя/tyotya[ˈtʲɵtʲə]'aunt'Allophone of /o/ following a palatalized consonant. See Russian phonology
TajikNorthern dialects[29]кӯҳ/kūh[kɵh]'mountain'May be realized as mid [ɵ̞], merged with /u/ in the central and southern dialects. See Tajik phonology
Todaபர்/pȫr [pɵːr̘]'name'
Uzbekkz/кўз[kɵz]'eye'Allophone of /o/, especially near velar consonants /k/ and /g/. May be realized as mid [ɵ̞]. See Uzbek phonology
West FrisianStandard[30][31]put[pɵt]'well'Typically transcribed in IPA with ø. See West Frisian phonology
Southwestern dialects[32]fuotten[ˈfɵtn̩]'feet'Corresponds to [wo] in other dialects.[32] See West Frisian phonology
XumiLower[33]ľatsö [ʎ̟ɐtsɵ˦] 'to filter tea'Typically transcribed in IPA with ʉ.[33]
Upper[34]htö [htɵ] 'way to do things'Allophone of /o/ after alveolar consonants; may be realized as [o] or [ɤ] instead.[34]

Close-mid central compressed vowel

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Close-mid central compressed vowel
ɵ͍
ɘᵝ
ø̈

As there is no official diacritic for compression in the IPA, it is sometimes approximated with the centralizing diacritic used on the front rounded vowel [ø], which is normally compressed. Other possible transcriptions are ɘᵝ ([ɘ] modified with labial compression) and ɵ͍.

Features

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Occurrence

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LanguageWordIPAMeaningNotes
SwedishCentral Standard[35][36]full[fø̈lː]'full'Short form of [ ~ ʏː]. Engstrand (1990) transcribes the pair as ʉː/, placing the short vowel as mid [ø̞̈].[37] Later sources have contradicted this claim, describing the short vowel as close-mid [ø̈][35][36] or fully close [ÿ].[38] See Swedish phonology
Siberian Tatar Baraba [example needed]

See also

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Notes

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  1. While the International Phonetic Association prefers the terms "close" and "open" for vowel height, many linguists use "high" and "low".
  2. García, Fernando Álvarez-Balbuena (1 September 2015). "Na frontera del asturllionés y el gallegoportugués: descripción y exame horiométricu de la fala de Fernidiellu (Forniella, Llión). Parte primera: fonética". Revista de Filoloxía Asturiana. 14 (14). ISSN 2341-1147.
  3. Mokari & Werner (2016).
  4. van Heuven & Genet (2002).
  5. Verhoeven (2005), p. 245.
  6. Collins & Mees (1990:92–93)
  7. Collins & Mees (1990:92)
  8. 1 2 Lass (2002), pp. 115–116.
  9. Robinson, Jonnie (1 April 2007), "Diverse voices: language, accent and dialect in the UK", Received Pronunciation Phonology, The British Library, archived from the original on 25 December 2018, retrieved 26 October 2012
  10. Williams & Kerswill (1999), pp. 143 and 146.
  11. Bauer et al. (2007), pp. 98–99.
  12. Lindsey, Geoff (15 January 2012). "Le FOOT vowel". English Speech Services. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
  13. Fougeron & Smith (1993), p. 73.
  14. Lodge (2009), p. 84.
  15. 1 2 Khan & Weise (2013), p. 237.
  16. Khan & Weise (2013), p. 236.
  17. François (2013), p. 207.
  18. 1 2 Ó Sé (2000).
  19. 1 2 3 Verhoeven (2007), p. 221.
  20. 1 2 3 4 Gussenhoven & Aarts (1999), p. 159.
  21. 1 2 Heijmans & Gussenhoven (1998), p. 110.
  22. Peters (2006), p. 119.
  23. Iivonen & Harnud (2005), pp. 62, 66–67.
  24. 1 2 Vanvik (1979), p. 19.
  25. Kristoffersen (2000), pp. 16–17, 33–35, 37, 343.
  26. Vanvik (1979), pp. 13, 20.
  27. Stichting Kirchröadsjer Dieksiejoneer (1997:16). The source describes this vowel as the same as the short u in Standard Dutch lucht, which is close-mid central [ɵ] (van Heuven & Genet (2002)).
  28. Jones & Ward (1969), pp. 62–63.
  29. Ido (2014), pp. 91–92.
  30. Sipma (1913), pp. 6, 8, 10.
  31. Tiersma (1999), p. 11.
  32. 1 2 Hoekstra (2003:202), citing Hof (1933:14)
  33. 1 2 Chirkova & Chen (2013), pp. 369–370.
  34. 1 2 Chirkova, Chen & Kocjančič Antolík (2013), p. 389.
  35. 1 2 Andersson (2002), p. 272.
  36. 1 2 Rosenqvist (2007), pp. 9–17.
  37. Engstrand (1990), p. 43.
  38. Persson (2024), p. 631.

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