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In phonetics, vowel roundedness is the amount of rounding in the lips during the articulation of a vowel. It is labialization of a vowel. When a rounded vowel is pronounced, the lips form a circular opening, and unrounded vowels are pronounced with the lips relaxed. In most languages, front vowels tend to be unrounded, and back vowels tend
Spectrogram of ø. The close-mid front rounded vowel, or high-mid front rounded vowel, [1] is a type of vowel sound used in some spoken languages.. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents the sound is ø , a lowercase letter o with a diagonal stroke through it, borrowed from Danish, Norwegian, and Faroese, which sometimes use the letter to represent the sound.
Pages in category "Rounded vowels" The following 17 pages are in this category, out of 17 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. C. Close back rounded vowel;
A front rounded vowel is a particular type of vowel that is both front and rounded. The front rounded vowels defined by the IPA include: [y], ...
The near-close front rounded vowel, or near-high front rounded 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 ʏ , a small capital version of the Latin letter y , and the equivalent X-SAMPA symbol is Y .
The close central protruded vowel is typically transcribed in IPA simply as ʉ , and that is the convention used in this article. As there is no dedicated diacritic for protrusion in the IPA, symbol for the close central rounded vowel with an old diacritic for labialization, ̫ , can be used as an ad hoc symbol ʉ̫ for the close central protruded vowel.
Through vowel shortening in Koine Greek, long /yː/ merged with short /y/. Later, /y/ unrounded to [i], yielding the pronunciation of Modern Greek. For more information, see the articles on Ancient Greek and Koine Greek phonology. The close front rounded vowel is the vocalic equivalent of the labialized palatal approximant [ɥ].
The close back rounded vowel, or high back rounded vowel, [1] is a type of vowel sound used in many spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is u , and the equivalent X-SAMPA symbol is u. In most languages, this rounded vowel is pronounced with protruded lips ('endolabial'). However, in a ...