Open back rounded vowel
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represents a rounded vowel.
| IPA – number | 313 |
| IPA – text | ɒ |
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| Entity | ɒ |
| X-SAMPA | Q |
| Kirshenbaum | A. |
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The open 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 ɒ, and the equivalent X-SAMPA symbol is Q. The symbol <ɒ> is called turned script a, because it is a rotated version of script a, so-called because it lacks the extra stroke on top of a printed 'a'. Turned script a, which has its linear stroke on the left, should not be confused with script a <ɑ>, which has its linear stroke on the right and corresponds to an unrounded version of this vowel, the open back unrounded vowel.
[edit] 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 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 rounded, which means that the lips are rounded.
[edit] Occurs in
Well rounded [ɒ] is rare, though it is found in some varieties of English.
- Afrikaans: daar [dɒːr], "there", usually found in northern Transvaal dialects, but slowly permeating throughout South Africa.
- Assamese: påt [pɒt], "to bury"
- English: (RP) hot [hɒt] (in GA, this is pronounced [hɑt]). In South African English the [aː] in words like "park" [paːk] and "car" [kaːr] has been rounded to an [ɒ]
- Persian: ﻧﺎﻥ [nɒ̜n], "bread" (the Persian vowel is not fully rounded)de:Gerundeter offener Hinterzungenvokal
fr:Voyelle basse postérieure arrondie ja:円唇後舌広母音 ko:후설 원순 저모음 pl:Samogłoska otwarta tylna zaokrąglona
