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Mid front rounded vowel

Vowel sound represented by ⟨ø̞⟩ or ⟨œ̝⟩ in IPA

Summary

Vowel sound represented by ⟨ø̞⟩ or ⟨œ̝⟩ in IPA

Field	Value
ipa symbol	ø̞
ipa symbol2	œ̝
ipa number	310 430
decimal1	248
decimal2	798
xsampa	2_o or 9_r
braille	ou
braille2	6
braille3	gh

The mid front rounded vowel is a type of vowel sound, used in some spoken languages.

Although there is no dedicated symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents the "exact" mid front rounded vowel between close-mid and open-mid , is generally used. If precision is desired, diacritics can be used, such as or .

Mid front compressed vowel

The mid front compressed vowel is typically transcribed in IPA simply as or . This article uses the first symbol for simplicity. There is no dedicated diacritic for compression in the IPA. However, the compression of the lips can be shown with the letter as / (simultaneous / and labial compression) or / ( / modified with labial compression). The spread-lip diacritic may also be used with a rounded vowel letters / as an ad hoc symbol, though technically 'spread' means unrounded.

Features

Occurrence

Because front rounded vowels are assumed to have compression, and few descriptions cover the distinction, some of the following may actually have protrusion.

Language	Word	IPA	Meaning	Notes
Breton				Possible realization of unstressed ; can be open-mid or close-mid instead.
Catalan	Northern	fulles		'leaves'
Danish	Standard	høne		'hen'
Dutch	Orsmaal-Gussenhoven dialect	mùl		'well'
English	Cockney	bird		'bird'
General New Zealand	May be open-mid instead. In broader varieties, it is close-mid or higher. Typically transcribed in IPA with . See New Zealand English phonology
South African	Used in General and Broad accents; may be close-mid instead. In the Cultivated variety, it is realized as mid central unrounded . See South African English phonology
Southern Welsh	Also described as open-mid and close-mid .
West Midlands
Faroese	høgt		'high'	Typically transcribed in IPA with . See Faroese phonology
Finnish	rölli		'Common bent'	See Finnish phonology
Greek	Tyrnavos	κοριός / koreos		'bedbug'
Velvendos
Hungarian	öl		'kill'	See Hungarian phonology
Icelandic	öld		'age'	Typically transcribed in IPA with . The long allophone is often diphthongized to . See Icelandic phonology
Korean	왼손 (oenson)		'left hand'	Typically transcribed in IPA with . Diphthongized to in Modern Standard Korean. See Korean phonology
Romanian	bleu		'light blue'	Found only in loanwords. See Romanian phonology
Turkish	Standard	göz		'eye'

Mid front protruded vowel

Catford notes that most languages with rounded front and back vowels use distinct types of labialization, protruded back vowels and compressed front vowels. However, a few languages, such as Scandinavian ones, have protruded front vowels. One of these, Swedish, even contrasts the two types of rounding in front vowels (see near-close near-front rounded vowel, with Swedish examples of both types of rounding).

As there are no diacritics in the IPA to distinguish protruded and compressed rounding, (a mid front rounded vowel modified by endolabialization) will be used here as an ad hoc symbol for protruded mid front vowels.

Acoustically, this sound is "between" the more typical compressed mid front vowel and the unrounded mid front vowel .

Features

Occurrence

Language	Word	IPA	Meaning	Notes
Swedish	Central Standard	rösta		'to vote'

Notes

References

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References

{{Harvcoltxt. Basbøll. Wagner. 1985. Basbøll. 2005
{{Harvcoltxt. Peterson. 2000, cited in {{Harvcoltxt. Árnason. 2011

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