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| Close-mid back rounded vowel | |
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| o | |
| IPA number | 307 |
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| Entity (decimal) | o |
| Unicode (hex) | U+006F |
| X-SAMPA | o |
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The close-mid back rounded vowel, or high-mid back 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 ⟨o⟩.
- ^ While the International Phonetic Association prefers the terms "close" and "open" for vowel height, many linguists use "high" and "low".