Open-mid Back Rounded Vowel

The open-mid back 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 O. The IPA symbol is a turned letter ''c'' and both the symbol and the sound are commonly called "open-o". The name ''open-o'' represents the sound, in that it is like the sound represented by {Link without Title} , the Close-mid Back Rounded Vowel , except it is more open. It also represents the symbol, which can be remembered as an ''o'' which has been "opened" by removing part of the closed circular shape.

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

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.

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Catalan : ''cosa'' , 'thing'

Dutch : ''dor'' , 'parched'

Dutch : ''door'' , 'through'

) ''ball'' ; ( AuE and NZE ) ''h'''o'''t''

French : ''sort'' , 'fate'

German : ''voll'' , 'full'

Greek : ''óταν'' , 'when'

Norwegian : ''låve'' , 'barn'

Polish , Czech : oko , 'an eye'

Portuguese : ''módulo'' , 'module'

Swedish : ''åtta'' , 'eight'

Vietnamese : ''to'' , 'large'

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