Open back rounded vowel

Template:Short description Template:Infobox IPA Template:IPA vowels Template:Infobox IPA The open back rounded vowel, or low back rounded vowel,<ref>Template:Vowel terminology</ref> is a type of vowel sound, used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is Template:Angbr IPA. 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 variant of a that lacks the extra stroke on top of a "printed a". Latin turned alpha a Template:Angbr IPA has its linear stroke on the left, whereas Latin alpha a Template:Angbr IPA (for its unrounded counterpart) has its linear stroke on the right.

FeaturesEdit

Template:Open vowel Template:Back vowel Template:Rounded vowel

OccurrenceEdit

Language		Word	IPA	Meaning	Notes
Afrikaans	StandardTemplate:Sfnp	lang}}	main}}	'there'	main}}.Template:Sfnp See Afrikaans phonology
Assamese		lang}} / kor	main}}	'to do'	main}}, with rounding as strong as that for {{#invoke:IPA\|main}}.Template:Sfnp May also be transcribed [ɔ].
Bulgarian	Some Rhodopean dialects	lang}}/măž	main}}	'man'	Found as the unification of the Proto-Slavic ǫ, ę, ъ and ь. Standard Bulgarian has /Template:IPAlink/ for ǫ and ъ and /Template:IPAlink/ for ę and ь.
Catalan	Majorcan Template:Sfnp Template:Sfnp	{{#invoke:Lang\|lang}}	{{#invoke:IPA\|main}}	'women'	Main realization of {{#invoke:IPA\|main}} (also represented as {{#invoke:IPA\|main}}). May be unrounded Template:IPAblink in Majorcan and some Southern Valencian dialects. See Catalan phonology
	Menorcan Template:Sfnp Template:Sfnp		{{#invoke:IPA\|main}}
	Valencian Template:Sfnp Template:Sfnp		main}}
	Some Valencian speakersTemplate:Sfnp	lang}}	main}}	'table'	main}}).
Dutch	Leiden Template:Sfnp	{{#invoke:Lang\|lang}}	{{#invoke:IPA\|main}}	'bath'	Near-open fully back; may be unrounded Template:IPAblink instead.Template:Sfnp It corresponds to Template:IPAblink in standard Dutch.
	Rotterdam Template:Sfnp	{{#invoke:Lang\|lang}}	{{#invoke:IPA\|main}}	'bath'
	Some dialectsTemplate:Sfnp	lang}}	main}}	'bone'	Some non-Randstad dialects,Template:Sfnp for example those of Den Bosch and Groningen. It is open-mid Template:IPAblink in standard Dutch.
English	South African Template:Sfnp	not	main}}	'not'	Near-back and weakly rounded.Template:Sfnp Some younger speakers of the General variety may actually have a higher and fully unrounded vowel Template:IPAblink.Template:Sfnp See South African English phonology
	Conservative Received Pronunciation Template:Sfnp		{{#invoke:IPA\|main}}		Somewhat raised. Contemporary RP speakers pronounce a closer vowel Template:IPAblink. It is proposed that the Template:IPAslink vowel of Conservative RP, which is normally described as a rounded vowel, is pronounced by some speakers without rounded lips for whom the characteristic quality is rather one of sulcality.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> See English phonology
	Northern English Template:Sfnp				May be somewhat raised and fronted.Template:Sfnp
	Canadian Template:Sfnp				Lot and thought have the same vowel in Canadian English; see cot–caught merger.
	Canadian Template:Sfnp	thought	Template:Audio-IPA	'thought'
	General American				Vowel /ɔ(:)/ is lowered (phonetic realization of /ɔ(:)/ is much lower in GA than in RP). However, "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].
	Inland Northern American<ref>Template:Citation</ref>				See Northern cities vowel shift
	Indian Template:Sfnp		main}}		main}} and {{#invoke:IPA\|main}} differ entirely by length in Indian English.
	Welsh Template:Sfnp Template:Sfnp		main}}		Open-mid in Cardiff; may merge with Template:IPAslink in northern dialects.
German	Many speakersTemplate:Sfnp	lang}}	main}}	'gourmand'	Nasalized; common phonetic realization of Template:IPAslink.Template:Sfnp See Standard German phonology
German	Many Swiss dialects Template:Sfnp	lang}}	main}}	'remind'	The example word is from the Zurich dialect, in which {{#invoke:IPA\|main}} is in free variation with the unrounded Template:IPAblink.Template:Sfnp
Hungarian	StandardTemplate:Sfnp	lang}}	main}}	'Hungarian'	Somewhat fronted and raised, with only slight rounding; sometimes transcribed in IPA with Template:Angbr IPA. Unrounded Template:IPAblink in some dialects.Template:Sfnp See Hungarian phonology
Ibibio Template:Sfnp		dọ	main}}	'marry'	Near-open;Template:Sfnp typically transcribed in IPA with Template:Angbr IPA.
Irish	Ulster Template:Sfnp	lang}}	main}}	'(he) drinks'	Near-open;Template:Sfnp may be transcribed in IPA with Template:Angbr IPA.
Istro-Romanian Template:Sfnp		lang}}	main}}	'head'	See Istro-Romanian pronunciation (in Romanian).
Jeju<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>		lang}} haona	main}}	'one'	See Jeju phonology
Lehali Template:Sfnp		lang}}	main}}	'yam'	Raised vowel, being the back rounded counterpart of Template:IPAslink in a symmetrical vowel inventory.Template:Sfnp
Lemerig Template:Sfnp		lang}}	main}}	'person'	Raised vowel, being the back rounded counterpart of Template:IPAslink in a symmetrical vowel inventory.Template:Sfnp
Limburgish	Maastrichtian Template:Sfnp	lang}}	main}}	'place'	Near-open fully back; typically transcribed in IPA with Template:Angbr IPA.Template:Sfnp Corresponds to Template:IPAblink in other dialects.
Malay	Kedah	tua	main}}	'old'	main}} in word-final position in open-ended words and close-ended words that end with a glottal stop {{#invoke:IPA\|main}} or a glottal fricative {{#invoke:IPA\|main}}.
Mansi	Central/Northern	ам	[ɒm]	'me'	The pronunciation of 'a' sometimes varies between /ɒ/ and /o/.
Neapolitan<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1\|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Vastese	lang}}	main}}	'Vasto'
Norwegian	Urban East Template:Sfnp Template:Sfnp	lang}}	main}}	'top'	Near-open,Template:Sfnp Template:Sfnp also described as close-mid back Template:IPAblink.Template:Sfnp Typically transcribed in IPA with Template:Angbr IPA. See Norwegian phonology
Norwegian	Dialects along the Swedish borderTemplate:Sfnp	lang}}	main}}	'hate'	Weakly rounded and fully back.Template:Sfnp See Norwegian phonology
Persian		lang}} fârsi	main}}	'Persian'
Brazilian Portuguese	Carioca	lang}}	main}}	'fish roe'	main}}. See Portuguese phonology
Slovak	Some speakersTemplate:Sfnp	lang}}	main}}	'and'	main}} as rounded.Template:Sfnp See Slovak phonology
Swedish	Central StandardTemplate:Sfnp Template:Sfnp	{{#invoke:Lang\|lang}}	main}}	'I'	Near-open fully back weakly rounded vowel.Template:Sfnp Typically transcribed in IPA with Template:Angbr IPA. See Swedish phonology
Swedish	Gothenburg Template:Sfnp	{{#invoke:Lang\|lang}}	main}}	'I'	More rounded than in Central Standard Swedish.Template:Sfnp
Uzbek	Standard<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>	lang}}	main}}	'tea'
Yoruba Template:Sfnp		lang}}	main}}	'care'	Near-open; most often transcribed in IPA with Template:Angbr IPA.