Open Back Rounded Vowel

The open 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 Q. The symbol 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'' , which has its linear stroke on the right and corresponds to an unrounded version of this vowel, the Open Back Unrounded Vowel .

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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.

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Well rounded is rare, though it is found in some varieties of English.

) ''hot'' (in GA , this is pronounced )

Persian : ﻧﺎﻥ , 'bread'

Hungarian : ''bal'' , 'left'

Assamese påt , "to bury"

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