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Open-mid central rounded vowel

Vowel sound represented by ⟨ɞ⟩ in IPA

Open-mid central rounded vowel
Summary

Vowel sound represented by ⟨ɞ⟩ in IPA

FieldValue
ipa symbolɞ
ipa number395
decimal606
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imagefileIPA Unicode 0x025E.svg
braille236
braille2ar

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The open-mid central rounded vowel, or low-mid central rounded vowel, is a vowel sound, used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is . The symbol is called closed reversed epsilon. It was added to the IPA in 1993; before that, this vowel was transcribed .

IPA charts were first published with this vowel transcribed as a closed epsilon, (that is, a closed variant of , much as the high-mid vowel letter is a closed variant of ), and this variant made its way into Unicode as . The IPA charts were later changed to the current closed reversed epsilon , and this was adopted into Unicode as .

Features

[ɞ]}}

Occurrence

LanguageWordIPAMeaningNotes
Afrikaanslug'air'Also been described as mid , typically transcribed in IPA with . Many speakers merge with , even in formal speech. See Afrikaans phonology
EnglishIrish*munch*'munch'
New Zealand*not*'not'Possible realization of . See New Zealand English phonology
Faroesehøgur'high'Typically transcribed in IPA with . See Faroese phonology
FrenchParisianport'port', 'harbour'
GermanChemnitz dialectWonne'bliss'
Irishtomhail'consume' (imp.)See Irish phonology
Kashubianptôch'bird'
Koyukon*-ʉghdonaanh*'son-in-law'
LimburgishMaastrichtianlui'lazy'
Mortlockese*mér*'to sleep'Phonemic vowel.
MwerlapN̄wërlap'Merelava'
Navajotsosts’id'seven'See Navajo phonology
Northern TiwaTaos dialectącut'uonbo'his-garment-around'
Panará'trousers'Contrasts with .
Poitevino doune'he gives'
West FrisianHoekstra2003p=202}}, citingboare'tomcat'

Notes

References

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References

  1. {{Vowel terminology
  2. {{Harvcoltxt. Peterson. 2000, cited in {{Harvcoltxt. Árnason. 2011
  3. "Mortlockese dictionary.pdf".
  4. François ([[#AF-vowels. 2005]]: 445, 460).
  5. {{Harvcoltxt. McDonough. Ladefoged. George. 1993. The authors gave a narrow transcription of {{IPA. [ɵ], though at the time the IPA had only this one symbol for a mid central rounded vowel, and it is clear from the discussion and formant charts that this vowel a centralized open-mid vowel.
  6. {{Harvcoltxt. Hoekstra. 2003. Hof. 1933
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