Back صائت أمامي مفتوح مدور Arabic Отворена предна закръглена гласна Bulgarian Vogalenn digor a-raok ront BR Vocal oberta anterior arrodonida Catalan Otevřená přední zaokrouhlená samohláska Czech Gerundeter offener Vorderzungenvokal German Vocal abierta anterior redondeada Spanish Voyelle ouverte antérieure arrondie French Vokal bulat terbuka depan ID Vocale anteriore aperta arrotondata Italian
| Open front rounded vowel | |||
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| ɶ | |||
| IPA number | 312 | ||
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| Entity (decimal) | ɶ | ||
| Unicode (hex) | U+0276 | ||
| X-SAMPA | & | ||
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Legend: unrounded • rounded |
The (near-)open front rounded vowel, or (near-)low front rounded vowel,[1] is a type of vowel sound that has not been confirmed to be phonemic in any spoken language.[citation needed] The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is ⟨ɶ⟩, and the equivalent X-SAMPA symbol is &. The letter ⟨ɶ⟩ is the small caps rendition of ⟨Œ⟩. ⟨œ⟩, the lowercase version of the ligature, is used for the open-mid front rounded vowel.
While the IPA chart lists it as a fully open vowel, the rounded equivalent of [a], Ladefoged[2] characterizes it as near-open, the rounded equivalent of [æ].
A phoneme generally transcribed by this symbol is reported from the Bavarian dialect of Amstetten. However, it is phonetically open-mid, [œ].[3]
It occurs allophonically in Weert Limburgish[4] as well as in some speakers of Danish[5] and Swedish.[6] Certain transcriptions of Danish use ⟨ɶ⟩ to denote an open-mid front rounded vowel [œ].[5]
In Maastrichtian Limburgish, the vowel transcribed with ⟨ɶː⟩ in the Mestreechter Taol dictionary is phonetically near-open central [ɐ̹ː]. It is a phonological open-mid front rounded vowel, the long counterpart of /œ/.[7]
Riad (2014) reports that [ɶː] in Stockholm Swedish is sometimes difficult to distinguish from [ɒː], which is the main realization of the /ɑː/ phoneme, a sign that both vowels are phonetically very close.[6]
- ^ While the International Phonetic Association prefers the terms "close" and "open" for vowel height, many linguists use "high" and "low".
- ^ Ladefoged, Peter; Maddieson, Ian (1996). The Sounds of the World's Languages. Oxford: Blackwell. p. 290. ISBN 0-631-19815-6.
- ^ Traunmüller (1982), cited in Ladefoged & Maddieson (1996:290)
- ^ Heijmans & Gussenhoven (1998:110)
- ^ a b Basbøll (2005:46)
- ^ a b Riad (2014:38)
- ^ Gussenhoven & Aarts (1999:159, 161–162, 164)