Open-mid Back Unrounded Vowel

The open-mid 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 V. The IPA symbol is an inverted letter ''v'' and both the symbol and the sound are commonly referred to as either a wedge, a caret, or a hat. In transcriptions for some languages (including several dialects of English), this symbol is also used for the Near-open Central Vowel

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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 Unrounded , which means that the lips are not rounded.

OCCURRENCE

Before World War II , Received Pronunciation had as a phoneme; this sound has since shifted forward to . Despite this change, the symbol is still used¹. This may be due to both tradition as well as the fact that some other dialects retain the older pronunciation.

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Open-mid Back Unrounded Vowel