Close-mid central rounded vowel

The close-mid central rounded vowel, or high-mid central rounded vowel, is a type of vowel sound. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is Template:Angbr IPA, a lowercase barred letter o.

The character ɵ has been used in several Latin-derived alphabets such as the one for Yañalif, but in that language it denotes a different sound than it does in the IPA. The character is homographic with Cyrillic Ө. The Unicode code point is Template:Unichar.

This vowel occurs in Cantonese, Dutch, French, Russian and Swedish as well as in a number of English dialects as a realization of /ʊ/ (as in foot), /ɜː/ (as in nurse) or /oʊ/ (as in goat).

This sound rarely contrasts with the near-close front rounded vowel. For this reason, it may be sometimes transcribed with the symbol Template:Angbr IPA.

Close-mid central protruded vowel

The close-mid central protruded vowel is typically transcribed in IPA simply as Template:Angbr IPA, and that is the convention used in this article. As there is no dedicated diacritic for protrusion in the IPA, symbol for the close central rounded vowel with an old diacritic for labialization, Template:Angbr IPA, can be used as an ad hoc symbol Template:Angbr IPA for the close central protruded vowel. Another possible transcription is Template:Angbr IPA or Template:Angbr IPA (a close central vowel modified by endolabialization), but this could be misread as a diphthong.

Occurrence

Because central rounded vowels are assumed to have protrusion, and few descriptions cover the distinction, some of the following may actually have compression.

Language		Word	IPA	Meaning	Notes
Asturian	Some Template:Ill	fuöracode: as is deprecated	[ˈfwɵɾɐ]	'outside'	Realization of Template:Angbr in the diphthong Template:Angbr. May also be realized as Template:IPAblink or Template:IPAblink.
Azerbaijani	TabrizTemplate:Sfnp	gözcode: az is deprecated گؤزcode: azb is deprecated	[dʒɵz]	'eye'	Typically transcribed as /œ/.
Chinese	Cantonese	出code: yue is deprecated /ceot7code: yue is deprecated	[tsʰɵt˥]	'to go out'	See Cantonese phonology
Dutch	StandardTemplate:SfnpTemplate:Sfnp	hutcode: nl is deprecated	[ɦɵt]	'hut'	See Dutch phonology
English	Cardiff	foot	[fɵt]	'foot'	More often unrounded Template:IPAblink; corresponds to Template:IPAblink in other dialects. See English phonology
	General South AfricanTemplate:Sfnp				Younger, especially female speakers.Template:Sfnp Other speakers have a less front vowel Template:IPAblink. May be transcribed in IPA with Template:Angbr IPA or Template:Angbr IPA. See South African English phonology
	Received Pronunciation		[fɵʔt]		Younger speakers. Others pronounce [ʊ]. See English phonology
	HullTemplate:Sfnp	goat	[ɡɵːt]	'goat'	Corresponds to /oʊ/ in other dialects.
	New ZealandTemplate:Sfnp	bird	[bɵːd]	'bird'	Corresponds to /ɝ/ in other dialects. See New Zealand English phonology
French		jecode: fr is deprecated	[ʒɵ]	'I'	May be transcribed in IPA with Template:Angbr IPA or Template:Angbr IPA. Also described as mid Template:IPAblink.Template:SfnpTemplate:Sfnp May be more front for a number of speakers. See French phonology
German	SwabianTemplate:Sfnp	wirdcode: de is deprecated	[ʋɵʕ̞d̥]	'becomes'	Allophone of /i/ before /ʁ/.Template:Sfnp
	Upper SaxonTemplate:Sfnp	Wundercode: de is deprecated	[ˈv̞ɵn(d̥)oˤ]	'wonder'	The example word is from the Chemnitz dialect.
HiwTemplate:Sfnp		yöykön̄code: hiw is deprecated	[jɵjkɵŋ]	'forget'
Irish	MunsterTemplate:Sfnp	dúnadh	[ˈd̪ˠuːn̪ˠө]	'closing'	Allophone of /ə/ adjacent to broad consonants, when the vowel in the preceding syllable is either /uː/ or /ʊ/.Template:Sfnp See Irish phonology
Limburgish	Most dialectsTemplate:SfnpTemplate:SfnpTemplate:Sfnp	blutscode: li is deprecated	[blɵts]	'bump'	Typically transcribed in IPA with Template:Angbr IPA. The example word is from the Weert dialect.Template:SfnpTemplate:SfnpTemplate:Sfnp
	MaastrichtianTemplate:Sfnp	beukcode: li is deprecated	[bɵːk]	'books'	Sometimes realized as a narrow diphthong [ɵʉ̞];Template:Sfnp typically transcribed in IPA with Template:Angbr IPA. Front Template:IPAblink in other dialects.Template:SfnpTemplate:Sfnp
MongolianTemplate:Sfnp		өгөхcode: mn is deprecated	[ɵɡɵx]	'to give'
Norwegian	Urban EastTemplate:Sfnp	søtcode: no is deprecated	[sɵːt]	'sweet'	Also described as front Template:IPAblink;Template:Sfnp typically transcribed in IPA with Template:Angbr IPA. See Norwegian phonology
Ripuarian	Kerkrade dialect	sjuts	[ʃɵts]	'marksman'
RussianTemplate:Sfnp		тётяcode: ru is deprecated	Template:Audio-IPA	'aunt'	Allophone of /o/ following a palatalized consonant. See Russian phonology
TajikTemplate:Sfnp		кӯҳcode: tg is deprecated	[kʰɵːh]	'mountain'	Merges with /u/ in central and southern dialects.
Toda		?code: tcx is deprecated	[pɵːr̘]	'name'
Uzbek		koʻzcode: uz is deprecated	[kɵz]	'eye'
West Frisian	StandardTemplate:SfnpTemplate:Sfnp	putcode: fy is deprecated	[pɵt]	'well'	Typically transcribed in IPA with Template:Angbr IPA. See West Frisian phonology
	Southwestern dialects	fuottencode: fy is deprecated	[ˈfɵtn̩]	'feet'	Corresponds to [wo] in other dialects. See West Frisian phonology
Xumi	LowerTemplate:Sfnp	[RPʎ̟ɐtsɵ]Template:What		'to filter tea'	Typically transcribed in IPA with Template:Angbr IPA.Template:Sfnp
	UpperTemplate:Sfnp	[Htɵ]		'way to do things'	Allophone of /o/ after alveolar consonants; may be realized as Template:IPAblink or Template:IPAblink instead.Template:Sfnp

Close-mid central compressed vowel

As there is no official diacritic for compression in the IPA, the centering diacritic is used with the front rounded vowel [ø], which is normally compressed. Other possible transcriptions are Template:Angbr IPA (simultaneous [ɘ] and labial compression) and Template:Angbr IPA ([ɘ] modified with labial compression).

Occurrence

Language		Word	IPA	Meaning	Notes
Swedish	Central StandardTemplate:Sfnp	fullcode: se is deprecated	[fø̈lː]	'full'	More often described as mid Template:IPAblink.Template:SfnpTemplate:Sfnp See Swedish phonology

See also

• Index of phonetics articles

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