Editing Open back rounded vowel (section)

==Occurrence==
{| class="wikitable" style="clear: both;"
! colspan="2" | Language !! Word !! [[International Phonetic Alphabet|IPA]]!! Meaning !! Notes
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| [[Afrikaans]] || Standard{{sfnp|Wissing|2016|loc=section "The unrounded low-central vowel {{IPA|/a/}}"}} || {{lang|af|[[Afrikaans alphabet|d'''aa'''r]]|italic=yes}} || {{IPA|[dɒːr]}} || 'there' || Fully back. Used by some speakers, particularly young female speakers of northern accents. Other speakers use an unrounded vowel {{IPA|[{{IPAplink|ɑː}} ~ {{IPAplink|ɑ|ɑ̟ː}}]}}.{{sfnp|Wissing|2016|loc=section "The unrounded low-central vowel {{IPA|/a/}}"}} See [[Afrikaans phonology]]
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| colspan="2" | [[Assamese language|Assamese]] || {{lang|as|[[:wikt:কৰ#Assamese|'''ক'''ৰ]]}} / ''k'''o'''r''|| {{IPA|[kɒ̹ɹ]}}|| 'to do' || An "over-rounded" {{IPA|[ɒ̹]}}, with rounding as strong as that for {{IPA|[u]}}.{{sfnp|Ladefoged|Maddieson|1996|pp=293–294}} May also be transcribed [ɔ].
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| [[Bulgarian language|Bulgarian]] || Some [[Rup dialects|Rhodopean dialects]] || {{lang|bg|[[Bulgarian alphabet|м'''ъ'''ж]]}}/''m'''ă'''ž'' || {{IPA|[ˈmɒʃʲ]}} || 'man' || Found as the unification of the [[Proto-Slavic language|Proto-Slavic]] *ǫ, *ę, *ъ and *ь. Standard Bulgarian has /{{IPAlink|ɤ̞}}/ for *ǫ and *ъ and /{{IPAlink|ɛ}}/ for *ę and *ь.
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| rowspan="4" | [[Catalan language|Catalan]] || [[Mallorca|Majorcan]]{{sfnp|Recasens|1996|pp=81, 130–131}}{{sfnp|Rafel|1999|p=14}} || rowspan="3" | {{lang|ca|[[Catalan alphabet|d'''o'''nes]]|italic=yes}} || rowspan="2" | {{IPA|[ˈd̪ɔ̞nəs]}} || rowspan="3" | 'women' || rowspan="3"| Main realization of {{IPA|/ɔ/}} (also represented as {{IPA|/ɒ/}}). May be unrounded {{IPAblink|ɑ}} in Majorcan and some Southern Valencian dialects. See [[Catalan phonology]]
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|[[Menorca]]n{{sfnp|Recasens|1996|pp=81, 130–131}}{{sfnp|Rafel|1999|p=14}}
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|[[Valencia]]n{{sfnp|Recasens|1996|pp=81, 130–131}}{{sfnp|Rafel|1999|p=14}} || {{IPA|[ˈd̪ɔ̞nes]}}
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| Some [[Valencian language|Valencian]] speakers{{sfnp|Saborit|2009|pp=25–26}} || {{lang|ca|[[Catalan alphabet|taul'''a''']]|italic=yes}} || {{IPA|[ˈt̪ɑ̟wɫɔ̞̈]}} || 'table' || Can be realized as unrounded ({{IPA|[ʌ̞̈]}}).
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| rowspan="3" | [[Dutch language|Dutch]] || [[Leiden]]{{sfnp|Collins|Mees|2003|p=131}} || rowspan="2" | {{lang|nl|[[Dutch orthography|b'''a'''d]]|italic=yes}} || rowspan="2" | {{IPA|[bɒ̝t]}} || rowspan="2" | 'bath' || rowspan="2" | Near-open fully back; may be unrounded {{IPAblink|ɑ|ɑ̝}} instead.{{sfnp|Collins|Mees|2003|p=131}} It corresponds to {{IPAblink|ɑ}} in standard Dutch.
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| [[Rotterdam]]{{sfnp|Collins|Mees|2003|p=131}}
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| Some dialects{{sfnp|Collins|Mees|2003|p=132}} || {{Lang|nl|[[Dutch alphabet|b'''o'''t]]|italic=yes}} || {{IPA|[bɒt]}} || 'bone' || Some non-[[Randstad]] dialects,{{sfnp|Collins|Mees|2003|p=132}} for example those of [[Den Bosch]] and [[Groningen (province)|Groningen]]. It is open-mid {{IPAblink|ɔ}} in standard Dutch.
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| rowspan="9" | [[English language|English]] || [[South African English|South African]]{{sfnp|Lass|2002|p=115}} || rowspan="4" | [[English orthography|n'''o'''t]] || {{IPA|[nɒ̜̈t]}} || rowspan="4" | 'not' || Near-back and weakly rounded.{{sfnp|Lass|2002|p=115}} Some younger speakers of the General variety may actually have a higher and fully unrounded vowel {{IPAblink|ʌ|ʌ̈}}.{{sfnp|Lass|2002|p=115}} See [[South African English phonology]]
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| Conservative [[Received Pronunciation]]{{sfnp|Roach|2004|p=242}} || rowspan="3" | {{IPA|[nɒt]}} || Somewhat raised. Contemporary RP speakers pronounce a closer vowel {{IPAblink|ɔ}}. It is proposed that the {{IPAslink|ɒ}} vowel of Conservative RP, which is normally described as a [[Roundedness|rounded vowel]], is pronounced by some speakers without rounded lips for whom the characteristic quality is rather one of [[Sulcalization|sulcality]].<ref>{{Cite book|last=Lass|first=Roger|title=Phonology: an introduction to basic concepts|year=1984|pages=124}}</ref> See [[English phonology]]
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| [[Northern England English|Northern English]]{{sfnp|Lodge|2009|p=163}} || May be somewhat raised and fronted.{{sfnp|Lodge|2009|p=163}}
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| rowspan="2" | [[Canadian English|Canadian]]{{sfnp|Boberg|2004|p=359}} || rowspan="2" | ''Lot'' and ''thought'' have the same vowel in Canadian English; see [[cot–caught merger]].
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| rowspan="5" |[[English orthography|th'''ough'''t]]
| rowspan="3" |{{Audio-IPA|En-us-thought.ogg|[θɒt]}}
| rowspan="5" |'thought'
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|[[General American]]
|Vowel /ɔ(:)/ is lowered (phonetic realization of /ɔ(:)/ is much lower in GA than in RP). However, [[Mergers of /ɒr-/ and /ɔːr-/|"Short ''o''" before ''r'' before a vowel]] (a short ''o'' sound followed by ''r'' and then another vowel, as in ''orange'', ''forest'', ''moral'', and ''warrant'') is realized as [oɹ~ɔɹ].
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|[[Inland Northern American English|Inland Northern American]]<ref>{{citation |author=W. Labov, S. Ash and C. Boberg|year=1997|title=A national map of the regional dialects of American English|publisher=Department of Linguistics, University of Pennsylvania|url=http://www.ling.upenn.edu/phono_atlas/NationalMap/NationalMap.html|access-date=May 27, 2013}}</ref>|| See [[Northern cities vowel shift]]
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| [[Indian English|Indian]]{{sfnp|Sailaja|2009|pp=24–25}} 
|{{IPA|[t̪ʰɒʈ]}}||{{IPA|/ɒ/}} and {{IPA|/ɔː/}} differ entirely by length in Indian English.
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| [[Welsh English|Welsh]]{{sfnp|Connolly|1990|p=125}}{{sfnp|Tench|1990|p=135}} || {{IPA|[θɒːt]}} || Open-mid in [[Cardiff dialect|Cardiff]]; may merge with {{IPAslink|oː}} in northern dialects.
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| rowspan="2" | [[German language|German]] || Many speakers{{sfnp|Dudenredaktion|Kleiner|Knöbl|2015|p=38}} || {{lang|de|[[German alphabet|Gourm'''and''']]|italic=yes}} || {{IPA|[ɡ̊ʊʁˈmɒ̃ː]}} || 'gourmand' || [[Nasalization|Nasalized]]; common phonetic realization of {{IPAslink|ɑ|ɑ̃ː}}.{{sfnp|Dudenredaktion|Kleiner|Knöbl|2015|p=38}} See [[Standard German phonology]]
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| Many [[Swiss German|Swiss dialects]]{{sfnp|Krech et al.|2009|p=263}} || {{lang|gsw|m'''aa'''ne|italic=yes}} || {{IPA|[ˈmɒːnə]}} || 'remind' || The example word is from the [[Zurich dialect]], in which {{IPA|[ɒː]}} is in free variation with the unrounded {{IPAblink|ɑː}}.{{sfnp|Fleischer|Schmid|2006|p=248}}
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| [[Hungarian language|Hungarian]] || Standard{{sfnp|Szende|1994|p=92}}|| {{Lang|hu|[[Hungarian orthography|m'''a'''gy'''a'''r]]|italic=yes}} || {{IPA|[ˈmɒ̜̽ɟɒ̜̽r]}} || 'Hungarian'|| Somewhat fronted and raised, with only slight rounding; sometimes transcribed in IPA with {{angbr IPA|ɔ}}. Unrounded {{IPAblink|ɑ}} in some dialects.{{sfnp|Vago|1980|p=1}} See [[Hungarian phonology]]
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| colspan="2" | [[Ibibio language|Ibibio]]{{sfnp|Urua|2004|p=106}} || ''d'''ọ''''' || {{IPA|[dɒ̝́]}} || 'marry' || Near-open;{{sfnp|Urua|2004|p=106}} typically transcribed in IPA with {{angbr IPA|ɔ}}.
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| [[Irish language|Irish]] || [[Ulster Irish|Ulster]]{{sfnp|Ní Chasaide|1999|p=114}} || {{lang|ga|[[Irish orthography|'''ó'''lann]]}} || {{IPA|[ɒ̝ːɫ̪ən̪ˠ]}} || '(he) drinks' || Near-open;{{sfnp|Ní Chasaide|1999|p=114}} may be transcribed in IPA with {{angbr IPA|ɔː}}.
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| colspan="2" | [[Istro-Romanian language|Istro-Romanian]]{{sfnp|Pop|1938|p=29}} || {{lang|ruo|c'''å'''p}} || {{IPA|[kɒp]}} || 'head' || See [[:ro:Limba_istrorom%C3%A2n%C4%83#Scriere_și_pronunțare|Istro-Romanian pronunciation]] (in Romanian).
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|[[Jeju language|Jeju]]<ref>{{Cite book |last=Yang |first=Changyong |title=Jejueo: the language of Korea's Jeju Island |last2=Yang |first2=Sejung |last3=O'Grady |first3=William |date=2020 |publisher=University of Hawaiʻi Press |isbn=978-0-8248-7443-8 |location=Honolulu}}</ref>
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|{{lang|jje|[[wikt:ᄒᆞ나#Jeju|'''ᄒᆞ'''나]]}} h'''ao'''na
|{{IPA|[hɒna]}}
|'one'
|See [[Jeju phonology]]
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| colspan="2" | [[Lehali language|Lehali]]{{sfnp|François|2011|p=194}} || {{lang|tql|d'''ö'''n̄|italic=yes}} || {{IPA|[ⁿdɒ̝ŋ]}} || 'yam' || Raised vowel, being the back rounded counterpart of {{IPAslink|æ}} in a symmetrical vowel inventory.{{sfnp|François|2011|p=194}}
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| colspan="2" | [[Lemerig language|Lemerig]]{{sfnp|François|2011|pp=195, 208}} || {{lang|lrz|‘'''ā'''n̄sār|italic=yes}} || {{IPA|[ʔɒ̝ŋsɒ̝r]}} || 'person' || Raised vowel, being the back rounded counterpart of {{IPAslink|æ}} in a symmetrical vowel inventory.{{sfnp|François|2011|pp=195, 208}}
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| [[Limburgish]] || [[Maastrichtian dialect|Maastrichtian]]{{sfnp|Gussenhoven|Aarts|1999|pp=158–159}} || {{lang|li|pl'''ao'''ts|italic=yes}} || {{IPA|[plɒ̝ːts]}} || 'place' || Near-open fully back; typically transcribed in IPA with {{angbr IPA|ɔː}}.{{sfnp|Gussenhoven|Aarts|1999|pp=158–159}} Corresponds to {{IPAblink|ɔː}} in other dialects.
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|[[Malay language|Malay]]
|[[Kedah Malay|Kedah]]
|''tu'''a'''''
|{{IPA|[tu.ɒ]}}
|'old'
|Northern Kedah subdialect/dialect. Allophone of {{IPA|/a/}} in word-final position in open-ended words and close-ended words that end with a glottal stop {{IPA|/ʔ/}} or a glottal fricative {{IPA|/h/}}.
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|[[Mansi languages|Mansi]]
|Central/[[Northern Mansi|Northern]]
|'''''а'''м''
|[ɒm]
|'me'
|The pronunciation of 'a' sometimes varies between /ɒ/ and /o/.
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|[[Neapolitan language|Neapolitan]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Vastesi Language - Vastesi in the World |url=http://vastesiworld.org/culture/vastesi-language/ |access-date=21 November 2016 |website=Vastesi in the World}}</ref>
|[[Vastese]]
|{{lang|nap|u'''â'''ʃtə}}
|{{IPA|[uˈwɒʃtə]}}
|'[[Vasto]]'
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| rowspan="2" | [[Norwegian language|Norwegian]] || [[Urban East Norwegian|Urban East]]{{sfnp|Vanvik|1979|pp=13, 17}}{{sfnp|Kvifte|Gude-Husken|2005|p=2}} || {{lang|no|[[Norwegian alphabet|t'''o'''pp]]|italic=yes}} || {{IPA|[tʰɒ̝pː]}} || 'top' || Near-open,{{sfnp|Vanvik|1979|pp=13, 17}}{{sfnp|Kvifte|Gude-Husken|2005|p=2}} also described as close-mid back {{IPAblink|o}}.{{sfnp|Kristoffersen|2000|pp=16–17}} Typically transcribed in IPA with {{angbr IPA|ɔ}}. See [[Norwegian phonology]]
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| Dialects along the Swedish border{{sfnp|Popperwell|2010|p=23}} || {{lang|no|[[Norwegian alphabet|h'''a'''t]]|italic=yes}} || {{IPA|[hɒ̜ːt]}} || 'hate' || Weakly rounded and fully back.{{sfnp|Popperwell|2010|p=23}} See [[Norwegian phonology]]
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| colspan="2" |[[Persian language|Persian]]
| {{lang|fa|[[Persian alphabet|ف‍'''‍ا'''رسی]]}} ''f'''â'''rsi''
| {{IPA|[fɒːɾˈsiː]}}
| '[[Persian language|Persian]]'
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| [[Brazilian Portuguese]]
| [[Carioca language|Carioca]]
| {{lang|pt|'''o'''va}}
| {{IPA|[ˈɒːva]}}
| 'fish roe'
| Allophone of {{IPA|/ɔ/}}. See [[Portuguese phonology]]
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| [[Slovak language|Slovak]] || Some speakers{{sfnp|Kráľ|1988|p=54}} || {{lang|sk|[[Slovak orthography|'''a''']]|italic=yes}} || {{IPA|[ɒ]}} || 'and' || Under Hungarian influence, some speakers realize the short {{IPA|/a/}} as rounded.{{sfnp|Kráľ|1988|p=54}} See [[Slovak phonology]]
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| rowspan="2" | [[Swedish language|Swedish]] || Central Standard{{sfnp|Engstrand|1999|pp=140–141}}{{sfnp|Riad|2014|pp=35–36}} || rowspan="2" | {{lang|sv|[[Swedish orthography|j'''а'''g]]|italic=yes}} || {{IPA|[jɒ̝ːɡ]}} || rowspan="2" | 'I' || Near-open fully back weakly rounded vowel.{{sfnp|Engstrand|1999|pp=140–141}} Typically transcribed in IPA with {{angbr IPA|ɑː}}. See [[Swedish phonology]]
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| [[Gothenburg]]{{sfnp|Riad|2014|pp=35–36}} || {{IPA|[jɒːɡ]}} || More rounded than in Central Standard Swedish.{{sfnp|Riad|2014|pp=35–36}}
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| [[Uzbek language|Uzbek]] || Standard<ref>{{cite book|last1=Sjoberg|first1=Andrée F.|title=Uzbek Structural Grammar|series=Uralic and Altaic Series
|volume=18|date=1963|publisher=Indiana University|location=Bloomington|pages=17}}</ref>|| {{Lang|uz|[[Uzbek alphabet|ch'''o'''y]]|italic=yes}} || {{IPA|[t͡ʃɒj]}} || 'tea' || 
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| colspan="2" |[[Yoruba language|Yoruba]]{{sfnp|Bamgboṣe|1966|p=166}} || {{lang|yo|[[Yoruba alphabet|it'''ọ'''ju]]}} || {{IPA|[itɒ̝ju]}} || 'care' || Near-open; most often transcribed in IPA with {{angbr IPA|ɔ}}.
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