Close_central_rounded_vowel Close_central_rounded_vowel

Close central rounded vowel - Definition and Overview

Related Words: Alveolar, Apical, Arch, Assimilated, Average, Axial, Back, Banner, Basal, Basic, Bedrock, Bilabial, Capital, Cardinal, Center
Vowels
front near-front central near-back back
close i y ɨ ʉ ɯ u
near-close ɪ ʏ ʊ
close-mid e ø ɘ ɵ ɤ o
mid ə
open-mid ɛ œ ɜ ɞ ʌ ɔ
near-open æ ɐ
open a ɶ ɑ ɒ
Table of vowels
List of vowels
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IPA - Unicode ʉ
IPA - image Image:Xsampa-rightcurly.png
X-SAMPA }
Kirshenbaum u"
Sound sample

The close central 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 ʉ, and the equivalent X-SAMPA symbol is }. The IPA symbol is the letter u with a horizontal bar. Both the symbol and the sound are commonly referred to as "barred-u".

Features of this vowel:

Example Usage of central

MatthiasHeil: Please check the countdown timer on http://www.edchat.org/ - not sure it's working in time zones other than central Europe... - Thx! #edchat
Witty_Hatter: Watching stand up on comedy central
saathvi: Is India Headed for Inflation? - International Trader - Asia ...: The central bank is also worried about rising.. http://bit.ly/4tjTfz
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