Back Geronde oop agterklinker AF Gerundeter offener Hinterzungenvokal ALS صائت خلفي مفتوح مدور Arabic Отворена задна закръглена гласна Bulgarian Vogalenn digor a-dreñv ront BR Vocal oberta posterior arrodonida Catalan Otevřená zadní zaokrouhlená samohláska Czech Gerundeter offener Hinterzungenvokal German Vocal abierta posterior redondeada Spanish Voyelle ouverte postérieure arrondie French
| Open back rounded vowel | |||
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| ɒ | |||
| IPA number | 313 | ||
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| Entity (decimal) | ɒ | ||
| Unicode (hex) | U+0252 | ||
| X-SAMPA | Q | ||
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Legend: unrounded • rounded |
The open back rounded vowel, or low 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 ⟨ɒ⟩. It is called Latin turned alpha being a rotated version of Latin alpha. It seems a "turned script a", being a rotated version of "script (cursive) a", which is the variant of a that lacks the extra stroke on top of a "printed a". Latin turned alpha a ⟨ɒ⟩ has its linear stroke on the left, whereas Latin alpha a ⟨ɑ⟩ (for its unrounded counterpart) has its linear stroke on the right.
- ^ While the International Phonetic Association prefers the terms "close" and "open" for vowel height, many linguists use "high" and "low".