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The open back unrounded 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 A. The symbol is called ''script a'' because it lacks the extra hook on top of a printed letter 'a', which corresponds to a different vowel, the Open Front Unrounded Vowel . ''Script a'', which has its linear stroke on the right, should not be confused with ''turned script a'' , which has its linear stroke on the left and corresponds to a rounded version of this vowel, the Open Back Rounded 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 Unrounded , which means that the lips are not rounded.



OCCURS IN

  • Dutch : ''bad'' , 'bath' (backness varies with dialect and generation of speaker)

  • and GA ) ''spa'' ; (GA) ''h'''o'''t'' ; ( CaE ) ''ball''

  • --- In AuE , this vowel occurs only as the first part of the Diphthong , as in ''light'' , ''buy'' .

  • Finnish : ''kana'' , 'hen'; ''k'''aa'''li'' , 'cabbage'

  • French : ''pâte'' , 'dough' (in varieties that distinguish ''pâte'' from ''patte'')

  • Vietnamese : ''tai'' , 'ear'