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The near-close near-back vowel is a type of Vowel sound, used in some Spoken Language s. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet for the '''near-close near-back rounded vowel''' is . This derives from a small turned capital Ω; although officially called a ''small Latin letter upsilon'', it bears little resemblance to the Greek Upsilon and is informally called " Horseshoe U " instead. The equivalent X-SAMPA symbol is U. Some languages may have a near-close near-back unrounded vowel (see below). However, no language is known to contrast rounding of this vowel, so the IPA has not devised a standard symbol for it. NEAR-CLOSE NEAR-BACK ROUNDED VOWEL Features
History Prior to 1989 , there was an alternate IPA symbol for this sound, , called "closed Omega ". This symbol is no longer supported by the IPA. Occurs in NEAR-CLOSE NEAR-BACK UNROUNDED VOWEL The near-close near-back unrounded vowel may be transcribed with the symbol for a Close Back Unrounded Vowel with the Mid-centralizing diacritic, . Features
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