Close-mid Front Rounded Vowel

CLOSE-MID FRONT ROUNDED VOWEL

The close-mid front rounded vowel is a type of Vowel sound, used in some Spoken Language s. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is , and the equivalent X-SAMPA symbol is 2. The symbol is a lowercase letter o with a diagonal stroke through it, derived from the Danish , Faroese , and Norwegian alphabets, which also use this symbol to represent this sound. This symbol is also commonly referred to as "o, slash".

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Its Vowel Height is Close-mid , which means the tongue is positioned halfway between Close Vowel and a Mid Vowel .

Its Vowel Backness is Front , which means the tongue is positioned as far forward 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.

Occurs in

Danish : ''købe'' , 'buy'

Dutch : ''keuken'' , 'kitchen'

French : ''peu'' , 'few'

German : ''schön'' , 'beautiful'

Hungarian : ''nő'' , 'women'

Swedish : ''öl'' , 'beer'

MID FRONT ROUNDED VOWEL

Some languages have a mid front rounded vowel, distinct from both the close-mid and open-mid vowels. However, since no language is known to distinguish all three, there is no separate IPA symbol for the mid vowel, and {Link without Title} is generally used. If precision is desired, the lowering diacritic may be used: .

Occurs in

Hungarian : ''öl'' , 'kill'

Finnish : ''rölli'' , 'common bent'

Turkish : ''göz'' , 'eye'

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Close-mid Front Rounded Vowel