Close back rounded vowel
| Vowels | |||||
| front | near-front | central | near-back | back | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| close | i • y | ɨ • ʉ | ɯ • u | ||
| near-close | ɪ • ʏ | ʊ | |||
| close-mid | e • ø | ɘ • ɵ | ɤ • o | ||
| mid | ə | ||||
| open-mid | ɛ • œ | ɜ • ɞ | ʌ • ɔ | ||
| near-open | æ | ɐ | |||
| open | a • ɶ | ɑ • ɒ | |||
| Table of vowels – List of vowels | |||||
| IPA – text | u |
| IPA – image | |
| entity | u |
| X-SAMPA | u |
| Kirshenbaum | u |
| Sound sample | |
|---|---|
The close back 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 u, and the equivalent X-SAMPA symbol is u.
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 back, which means the tongue is positioned as far back as possible in the mouth 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
- English: (RP and GA) boot [buːt]
- French: fou [fu], 'crazy'
- German: Fuß [fus], 'foot'
- Portuguese: urso [uɾsu], 'bear'
- Spanish: cura [ˈkuɾa], 'preach'
- Swedish: oro [ˈùːruː], 'unease', 'worry'
Categories: Vowel