Editing Open back rounded vowel (section)

{{Short description|Vowel sound represented by ⟨ɒ⟩ in IPA}}
{{Infobox IPA
|ipa symbol=ɒ
|ipa number=313
|decimal=594
|x-sampa=Q
|imagefile=IPA Unicode 0x0252.svg
|imagesize=150px
|braille=256
|braille2=ch
}}
{{IPA vowels|class=floatright}}
{{Infobox IPA
|above=Near-open back rounded vowel
|ipa symbol=ɒ̝
|ipa symbol2=ɔ̞
}}
The '''open back rounded vowel''', or '''low back rounded vowel''',<ref>{{Vowel terminology}}</ref> is a type of [[vowel]] sound, used in some [[spoken language]]s. The symbol in the [[International Phonetic Alphabet]] that represents this sound is {{angbr IPA|ɒ}}. It is called [[Latin turned alpha]] being a rotated version of [[Latin alpha]]. It seems a "turned script ''a''", being a rotated version of "script (cursive) ''a''", which is the [[A#Typographic variants|variant of ''a'']] that lacks the extra stroke on top of a "printed ''a''". Latin turned alpha ''a'' {{angbr IPA|ɒ}} has its linear stroke on the left, whereas Latin alpha ''a'' {{angbr IPA|ɑ}} (for [[open back unrounded vowel|its unrounded counterpart]]) has its linear stroke on the right.