Near-back vowel
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Where symbols appear in pairs, the one to the right
represents a rounded vowel.
represents a rounded vowel.
A near-back vowel is a type of vowel sound used in some spoken languages. The defining characteristic of a near-back vowel is that the tongue is positioned as in a back vowel, but slightly further forward in the mouth. The near-back vowel identified by the International Phonetic Alphabet is:
- near-close near-back rounded vowel [[[Template:IPA]]]