Open front rounded vowel
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represents a rounded vowel.
The open front rounded 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 &. The symbol Template:IPA is a small capital OE ligature.
Features
- Its vowel height is open, which means the tongue is positioned as far as possible from the roof of the mouth.
- Its vowel backness is front, which means the tongue is positioned as far forward as possible in the mouth without creating a constriction that would be classified as a consonant.
- Its vowel roundedness is rounded, which means that the lips are rounded.
Occurs in
Template:IPA is not confirmed to exist as a phoneme in any language. A phoneme generally transcribed by this symbol is reported from the Amstetten dialect of Bavarian German. It is the rounded equivalent of Template:IPA, not of open Template:IPA, and so would be more narrowly transcribed as Template:IPA:
- Austrian German: Seil Template:IPA or Template:IPA, 'rope'
- Canadian French: Veux Template:IPA, 'to want'
However, the vowel formants place Amstetten Template:IPA and Template:IPA one third of the way between /a/ and /i/, matching the IPA definition for open-mid vowels.de:Gerundeter offener Vorderzungenvokal es:Vocal abierta anterior redondeada fr:Voyelle basse antérieure arrondie ko:전설 원순 저모음 ja:円唇前舌広母音