Editing Back vowel (section)

==Partial list==
The back vowels that have dedicated symbols in the [[International Phonetic Alphabet]] are:

* [[close back unrounded vowel]] {{IPA|[ɯ]}}
* [[close back protruded vowel]] {{IPA|[u]}}
* [[near-close back protruded vowel]] {{IPA|[ʊ]}}
* [[close-mid back unrounded vowel]] {{IPA|[ɤ]}}
* [[close-mid back protruded vowel]] {{IPA|[o]}}
* [[open-mid back unrounded vowel]] {{IPA|[ʌ]}}
* [[open-mid back rounded vowel]] {{IPA|[ɔ]}}
* [[open back unrounded vowel]] {{IPA|[ɑ]}}
* [[open back rounded vowel]] {{IPA|[ɒ]}}

There also are back vowels that do not have dedicated symbols in the IPA:

* [[close back compressed vowel]] {{IPA|[ɯᵝ]}} or {{IPA|[uᵝ]}}
* [[near-close back unrounded vowel]] {{IPA|[ɯ̽]}} or {{IPA|[ʊ̜]}}
* [[near-close back compressed vowel]] {{IPA|[ɯ̽ᵝ]}} or {{IPA|[ʊᵝ]}}
* [[close-mid back compressed vowel]] {{IPA|[ɤᵝ]}} or {{IPA|[oᵝ]}}
* [[mid back unrounded vowel]] {{IPA|[ɤ̞]}} or {{IPA|[ʌ̝]}}
* [[mid back rounded vowel]] {{IPA|[o̞]}} or {{IPA|[ɔ̝]}}

As here, other back vowels can be transcribed with diacritics of [[relative articulation]] applied to letters for neighboring vowels, such as {{angbr IPA|u̞}}, {{angbr IPA|o̝}} or {{angbr IPA|ʊ̠}} for a near-close back rounded vowel.