Open-mid back unrounded vowel

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The open-mid back unrounded vowel is a type of vowel sound, used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is Template:IPA, and the equivalent X-SAMPA symbol is V. The IPA symbol is an inverted letter v and both the symbol and the sound are commonly referred to as either a wedge, a carrot, or a hat.

Features

• Its vowel height is open-mid, which means the tongue is positioned halfway between an open vowel and a mid vowel.
• Its vowel backness is back, which means the tongue is positioned as far back as possible in the mouth without creating a constriction that would be classified as a consonant.
• Its vowel roundedness is unrounded, which means that the lips are not rounded.

Occurs in

• Korean: beol Template:IPA "punishment"
• Vietnamese: tây Template:IPA "west"
• Irish: ola Template:IPA "oil"
• English: GA, eastern AmE, and Scottish nut Template:IPA (fronted)

Before World War II, Received Pronunciation had Template:IPA as a phoneme; this sound has since shifted forward to Template:IPA. Despite this change, the symbol Template:IPA is still used (Roca & Johnson 135). This may be due to both tradition as well as the fact that other dialects retain the older pronunciation.

Reference

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