Close front rounded vowel
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Template:CSS IPA vowel chart
Where symbols appear in pairs, the one to the right
represents a rounded vowel.
represents a rounded vowel.
The close 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 y.
There is also a close front compressed vowel, commonly transcribed as Template:IPA which contrasts with both the rounded and unrounded close front vowels.
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Features
- Its vowel height is close, which means the tongue is positioned as close as possible to the roof of the mouth without creating a constriction that would be classified as a consonant.
- 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 and protrude, and the inner surfaces are exposed.
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Occurs in
- Dutch: fuut Template:IPA, 'grebe'
- Finnish: yksi Template:IPA, 'one'
- French: chute Template:IPA, 'fall'
- German: Blüte Template:IPA, 'blossom'
- Hungarian: tű Template:IPA, 'pin'
- Swedish: yla Template:Audio-IPA, 'to howl'
- Turkish: güneş Template:IPA, 'sun'de:Gerundeter geschlossener Vorderzungenvokal
es:Vocal cerrada anterior redondeada fr:Voyelle haute antérieure arrondie ko:전설 원순 고모음 ja:円唇前舌狭母音