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The open central unrounded vowel, or low central unrounded vowel, [1] is a type of vowel sound, used in many spoken languages. While the International Phonetic Alphabet officially has no dedicated letter for this sound between front [ a ] and back [ ɑ ] , it is normally written a .
Within the chart “close”, “open”, “mid”, “front”, “central”, and “back” refer to the placement of the sound within the mouth. [3] At points where two sounds share an intersection, the left is unrounded, and the right is rounded which refers to the shape of the lips while making the sound. [4]
The open-mid central unrounded vowel, or low-mid central unrounded vowel, [1] is a type of vowel sound, used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is ɜ (formerly ᴈ ). The IPA symbol is not the digit 3 or the Cyrillic small letter Ze (з).
open front rounded vowel [ɶ] [2] open back unrounded vowel [ɑ] open back rounded vowel [ɒ] There also are central vowels that do not have dedicated symbols in the IPA: open central unrounded vowel [ä] or [ɐ̞] (commonly written [a] as if it were front) open central rounded vowel [ɒ̈] There is no unambiguous way of transcribing the open ...
near-open central vowel with ambiguous rounding [ɐ] (typically used for an unrounded vowel; if precision is desired, ɜ̞ may be used for an unrounded vowel and ɞ̞ for a rounded vowel) There also are central vowels that do not have dedicated symbols in the IPA: close central compressed vowel [ÿ] near-close central unrounded vowel [ɨ̞ ...
The near-open central vowel, or near-low central vowel, [1] is a type of vowel sound, used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is ɐ , a rotated lowercase double-story a. In English this vowel is most typically transcribed with the symbol ʌ , i.e. as if it were open-mid back
Although the notation /ʌ/ is used for the vowel of STRUT in RP and General American, the actual pronunciation in RP may be closer to a near-open central vowel , especially among older speakers. In modern RP, this vowel is increasingly realized as to avoid the clash with the lowered variety of /æ/ in the region (the trap–strut merger).
Open central vowel may refer to: Open central unrounded vowel , a vowel sound written as ä or ɑ̈ in the International Phonetic Alphabet Open central rounded vowel , a vowel sound written as ɒ̈ or ɶ̈ in the International Phonetic Alphabet