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Open back rounded vowel
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(Redirected from ɒ)
See also: IPA, Consonants
| Edit - 2× | Front | Near-front | Central | Near-back | Back |
| Close | |||||
| Near‑close | |||||
| Close‑mid | |||||
| Mid | |||||
| Open‑mid | |||||
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Where symbols appear in pairs, the one to the right
represents a rounded vowel.
represents a rounded vowel.
| IPA – number | 313 |
| IPA – text | ɒ |
| IPA – image |  |
| Entity | ɒ |
| X-SAMPA | Q |
| Kirshenbaum | A. |
| Sound sample | |
The open back 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 ɒ, and the equivalent X-SAMPA symbol is Q. The symbol <ɒ> is called turned script a, because it is a rotated version of script a, so-called because it lacks the extra stroke on top of a printed 'a'. Turned script a, which has its linear stroke on the left, should not be confused with script a <ɑ>, which has its linear stroke on the right and corresponds to an unrounded version of this vowel, the open back unrounded vowel. A well rounded [ɒ] is rare, though it is found in some varieties of English.
- Its vowel height is open, which means the tongue is positioned as far as possible from the roof of the mouth.
- Its vowel backness is back, which means the tongue is positioned as far back as possible in the mouth without creating a constriction that would be classified as a consonant.
- Its vowel roundedness is rounded, which means that the lips are rounded.
| Language | Word | IPA | Meaning | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Afrikaans | daar | [dɒːr] | 'there' | Usually found in northern Transvaal dialects. | |
| Assamese | ? | [pɒt] | 'to bury' | ||
| English | Boston | Boston | [bɒːstən] | 'Boston' | |
| RP | hot | [hɒt] | 'hot' | See English phonology | |
| South African | park | [pɒ̟k] | 'park' | ||
| Hungarian | magyar | [mɒɟɒr] | 'Hungarian' | See Hungarian phonology | |
| Kol | öle | [ɒle] | 'name' | ||
| Occitan | Limousin | païs | [pɒˈji] | 'world' | Southeastern dialects |
| Persian | ﻧﺎﻥ | [nɒ̜n] | 'bread' | See Persian phonology | |
| Waris | ov | [ɒβ] | 'sky' | ||
| Western Desert Language | Martu Wangka | waŋka | [wɒŋgɑ] | 'talk' | |