Back Ongeronde halfoop agterklinker AF Ungerundeter halboffener Hinterzungenvokal ALS صائت خلفي متوسط مفتوح غير مدور Arabic Неагублены галосны задняга раду сярэдне-ніжняга пад’ёму BE Полуотворена задна незакръглена гласна Bulgarian Vogalenn damzigor a-dreñv plaen BR Vocal semioberta posterior no arrodonida Catalan Polootevřená zadní nezaokrouhlená samohláska Czech Ungerundeter halboffener Hinterzungenvokal German Vocal semiabierta posterior no redondeada Spanish
| Open-mid back unrounded vowel | |||
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| ʌ | |||
| IPA number | 314 | ||
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| Entity (decimal) | ʌ | ||
| Unicode (hex) | U+028C | ||
| X-SAMPA | V | ||
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The open-mid back unrounded vowel or low-mid back unrounded 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 ⟨ʌ⟩, graphically a rotated lowercase "v" (called a turned V but created as a small-capital ⟨ᴀ⟩ without the crossbar, even though some vendors display it as a real turned v). Both the symbol and the sound are commonly referred to as a "wedge", "caret" or "hat". In transcriptions for English, this symbol is commonly used for the near-open central unrounded vowel and in transcriptions for Danish, it is used for the open back rounded vowel.
- ^ While the International Phonetic Association prefers the terms "close" and "open" for vowel height, many linguists use "high" and "low".