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Mid back rounded vowel | |
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o̞ | |
ɔ̝ | |
IPA number | 307 430 |
Audio sample | |
Encoding | |
Entity (decimal) | o̞ |
Unicode (hex) | U+006F U+031E |
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Legend: unrounded • rounded |
The mid back rounded vowel is a type of vowel sound, used in some spoken languages. While there is no dedicated symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents the exact mid back rounded vowel between close-mid [o] and open-mid [ɔ], it is normally written ⟨o⟩. If precision is desired, diacritics may be used, such as ⟨o̞⟩ or ⟨ɔ̝⟩, the former being more common.
Multiple para-IPA alternative symbols also exist for this vowel. The Swedish Dialect Alphabet uses the symbol ⟨ⱺ⟩ (an o with low ring), while Sinological notation uses the symbol ⟨o̧⟩ (an o with cedilla). The symbol ⟨ꭥ⟩ (a small capital omega) was proposed for Americanist notation, but was never implemented.
Just because a language has only one non-close non-open back vowel, it still may not be a true-mid vowel. Tukang Besi is a language in Sulawesi, Indonesia, with a close-mid [o]. Taba, another language in Indonesia, in the Maluku Islands, has an open-mid [ɔ]. In both languages, there is no contrast with another mid (true-mid or close-mid) vowel.
Kensiu, in Malaysia and Thailand, is highly unusual in that it contrasts true-mid vowels with close-mid and open-mid vowels without any difference in other parameters, such as backness or roundedness.
Language | Word | IPA | Meaning | Notes | |
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Afrikaans | Standard[1] | bok | [bɔ̝k] | 'goat' | Typically transcribed in IPA with ⟨ɔ⟩. The height varies between mid [ɔ̝] and close-mid [o].[1] See Afrikaans phonology |
Arabic | Hejazi[2] | لـون/lōn | [lo̞ːn] | 'color' | See Hejazi Arabic phonology |
Breton[3] | [example needed] | Possible realization of unstressed /ɔ/; can be open-mid [ɔ] or close-mid [o] instead.[3] | |||
Chinese | Mandarin[4] | 我 / wǒ | ⓘ | 'I' | See Standard Chinese phonology |
Shanghainese[5] | 高/kò | [kö̞¹] | 'tall' | Near-back. Realization of /ɔ/ in open syllables and /ʊ/ in closed syllables.[5] | |
Czech[6][7] | oko | [ˈo̞ko̞] | 'eye' | In Bohemian Czech, the backness varies between back and near-back, whereas the height varies between mid [o̞] and close-mid [o].[6] See Czech phonology | |
Danish | Standard[8][9] | måle | [ˈmɔ̽ːlə] | 'measure' | Near-back;[8][9] typically transcribed in IPA with ⟨ɔː⟩. See Danish phonology |
Dutch | Amsterdam[10] | och | [ɔ̝̈χ] | 'alas' | Near-back;[10] corresponds to open-mid [ɔˤ] in standard Dutch. See Dutch phonology |
Orsmaal-Gussenhoven dialect[11] | mot | [mɔ̝t] | 'well' | Typically transcribed in IPA with ⟨ɔ⟩. | |
English | Cultivated South African[12] | thought | [θɔ̝ːt] | 'thought' | Close-mid [oː] for other speakers. See South African English phonology |
Maori[13] | Near-close [o̝ː] in General New Zealand English.[13][14] | ||||
Scouse[15] | Typically transcribed in IPA with ⟨ɔː⟩. | ||||
Some Cardiff speakers[16] | Other speakers use a more open, advanced and unrounded vowel [ʌ̈ː].[16] | ||||
General American[17] | Cambodia | ⓘ | 'Cambodia' | Near-back; often diphthongal: [ö̞ʊ].[17] Some regional North American varieties use a vowel that is closer to cardinal [o]. See English phonology | |
Yorkshire[18] | [kʰamˈbo̞ːdjə] | Corresponds to /əʊ/ in other British dialects. See English phonology | |||
Faroese[19] | toldi | [ˈtʰɔ̝ltɪ̞] | 'endured' | Typically transcribed in IPA with ⟨ɔ⟩. See Faroese phonology | |
Finnish[20][21] | kello | [ˈke̞lːo̞] | 'clock' | See Finnish phonology | |
French | Parisian[22] | pont | [pɔ̝̃] | 'bridge' | Nasalized; typically transcribed in IPA with ⟨ɔ̃⟩. See French phonology |
German | Southern accents[23] | voll | [fɔ̝l] | 'full' | Common realization of /ɔ/ in Southern Germany, Switzerland and Austria. Open-mid [ɔ] in Northern Standard German.[24] See Standard German phonology |
Western Swiss accents[25] | hoch | [ho̞ːχ] | 'high' | Close-mid [oː] in other accents.[26] See Standard German phonology | |
Greek | Modern Standard[27][28] | πως / pos | [po̞s̠] | 'how' | See Modern Greek phonology |
Hebrew[29] | שלום/shalom/šɔlom | [ʃäˈlo̞m] | 'peace' | Hebrew vowels are not shown in the script. See Niqqud and Modern Hebrew phonology | |
Ibibio[30] | do | [dó̞] | 'there' | ||
Icelandic[31] | loft | [ˈlɔ̝ft] | 'air' | Typically transcribed in IPA with ⟨ɔ⟩. The long allophone is often diphthongized to [oɔ].[32] See Icelandic phonology | |
Inuit | West Greenlandic[33] | Maniitsoq | [maniːtsːo̞q] | 'Maniitsoq' | Allophone of /u/ before and especially between uvulars.[33] See Greenlandic phonology |
Italian | Standard[34] | forense | [fo̞ˈrɛnse] | 'forensic' | Common realization of the unstressed /o/.[34] See Italian phonology |
Northern accents[35] | bosco | [ˈbo̞sko̞] | 'forest' | Local realization of /ɔ/.[35] See Italian phonology | |
Japanese[36] | 子/ko | [ko̞] | 'child' | See Japanese phonology | |
Korean[37] | 보리 / bori | [po̞ˈɾi] | 'barley' | See Korean phonology | |
Limburgish | Hasselt dialect[38] | mok | [mɔ̝k] | 'mug' | May be transcribed IPA with ⟨ɔ⟩.[38] See Hasselt dialect phonology |
Malay | Standard | پوكوق / pokok | [po̞.ko̞ʔ] | 'tree' | See Malay phonology |
Johor-Riau | |||||
Norwegian | Urban East[39][40] | lov | [lo̞ːʋ] | 'law' | Also described as close-mid [oː].[41] See Norwegian phonology |
Romanian[42] | acolo | [äˈko̞lo̞] | 'there' | See Romanian phonology | |
Russian[43] | сухой/sukhoy/sukhoj | ⓘ | 'dry' | Some speakers realize it as open-mid [ɔ].[43] See Russian phonology | |
Scottish Gaelic[44] | Lewis | ruadh | [rˠʊɔ̝̈ɣ] | 'red' | Near-back and weakly rounded; allophone of [ə] in the /uə/ diphthong. |
Serbo-Croatian[45][46] | ко̑д / kȏd/kõd | [kô̞ːd̪] | 'code' | See Serbo-Croatian phonology | |
Shipibo[47] | koni | [ˈkö̞ni̞] | 'eel' | Near-back.[47] | |
Slovene[48] | oglas | [o̞ˈɡlá̠s̪] | 'advertisement' | Unstressed vowel,[48] as well as an allophone of /o/ before /ʋ/ when a vowel does not follow within the same word.[49] See Slovene phonology | |
Spanish[50] | todo | [ˈt̪o̞ð̞o̞] | 'all' | See Spanish phonology | |
Tera[51] | zo | [zo̞ː] | 'rope' | ||
Thai | โต | [to̞ː˧] | 'big' | See Thai phonology | |
Turkish[52][53] | kol | [kʰo̞l] | 'arm' | See Turkish phonology | |
Zapotec | Tilquiapan[54] | do | [d̪o̞] | 'corn tassel' |