Close-mid front rounded vowel

The close-mid front rounded vowel, or high-mid front rounded vowel, is a type of vowel sound used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents the sound is Template:Angbr IPA, a lowercase letter o with a diagonal stroke through it, borrowed from Danish, Norwegian, and Faroese, which sometimes use the letter to represent the sound. The symbol is commonly referred to as "o, slash" in English.

For the close-mid front rounded vowel that is usually transcribed with the symbol Template:Angbr IPA, see near-close front rounded vowel. If the usual symbol is Template:Angbr IPA, the vowel is listed here.

Close-mid front compressed vowel

The close-mid front compressed vowel is typically transcribed in IPA simply as Template:Angbr IPA, which is the convention used in this article. There is no dedicated diacritic for compression in the IPA. However, the compression of the lips can be shown with the letter Template:IPAalink as Template:Angbr IPA (simultaneous [e] and labial compression) or Template:Angbr IPA ([e] modified with labial compression). The spread-lip diacritic Template:Angbr IPA may also be used with a rounded vowel letter Template:Angbr IPA as an ad hoc symbol, but 'spread' technically means unrounded.

For the close-mid front compressed vowel that is usually transcribed with the symbol Template:Angbr IPA, see near-close front compressed vowel. If the usual symbol is Template:Angbr IPA, the vowel is listed here.

Occurrence

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

Language		Word	IPA	Meaning	Notes
Asturian	Some Template:Ill	fuöracode: as is deprecated	[ˈfwøɾɐ]	'outside'	Realization of Template:Angbr in the diphthong Template:Angbr. May also be realized as Template:IPAblink or Template:IPAblink.
Bavarian	Amstetten dialect	Template:Example needed
	NorthernTemplate:Sfnp	Template:Example needed			Allophone of /e/ before /l/.Template:Sfnp
BretonTemplate:Sfnp		eurcode: br is deprecated	[øːʁ]	'hour'
Danish	StandardTemplate:Sfnp	købecode: da is deprecated	[ˈkʰøːb̥ə]	'buy'	Also described as near-close Template:IPAblink. See Danish phonology
Dutch	Standard BelgianTemplate:SfnpTemplate:Sfnp	neuscode: nl is deprecated	Template:Audio-IPA	'nose'	Also described as central Template:IPAblink.Template:Sfnp In the Standard Northern variety, it is diphthongized to [øʏ̯].Template:SfnpTemplate:Sfnp See Dutch phonology
	Many accentsTemplate:Sfnp				Present in many Eastern and Southern varieties.Template:Sfnp See Dutch phonology
English	Broad New ZealandTemplate:SfnpTemplate:Sfnp	bird	[bøːd]	'bird'	Possible realization of /ɵː/. Other speakers use a more open vowel [[[:Template:IPAplink]] ~ Template:IPAplink].Template:SfnpTemplate:Sfnp See New Zealand English phonology
	CardiffTemplate:Sfnp				Lower [[[:Template:IPAplink]] ~ Template:IPAplink] in other southern Welsh accents. It corresponds to mid central unrounded Template:IPAblink in other Welsh accents and in RP.Template:SfnpTemplate:SfnpTemplate:Sfnp
	Port TalbotTemplate:Sfnp
	GeordieTemplate:SfnpTemplate:Sfnp				Can be mid central unrounded Template:IPAblink instead.Template:Sfnp
	South AfricanTemplate:Sfnp				Used in General and Broad accents; may be mid Template:IPAblink instead. In the Cultivated variety, it is realized as mid central unrounded Template:IPAblink.Template:Sfnp See South African English phonology
EstonianTemplate:Sfnp		köökcode: et is deprecated	[køːk]	'kitchen'	See Estonian phonology
Faroese	StandardTemplate:Sfnp	høgurcode: fo is deprecated	[ˈhøːʋʊɹ]	'high'	May be a diphthong [øœ ~ øə] instead.Template:Sfnp See Faroese phonology
	Suðuroy dialectTemplate:Sfnp	bygdincode: fo is deprecated	[ˈpɪktøn]	'bridges'	Realization of unstressed /i/ and /u/.Template:Sfnp See Faroese phonology
FrenchTemplate:SfnpTemplate:Sfnp		peucode: fr is deprecated	[pø]	'few'	See French phonology
German	StandardTemplate:SfnpTemplate:Sfnp	schöncode: de is deprecated	Template:Audio-IPA	'beautiful'	See Standard German phonology
	Southern accentsTemplate:Sfnp	Höllecode: de is deprecated	[ˈhølə]	'hell'	Common realization of /œ/ in Southern Germany, Switzerland and Austria.Template:Sfnp See Standard German phonology
HungarianTemplate:Sfnp		nőcode: hu is deprecated	[nøː]	'woman'	See Hungarian phonology
IaaiTemplate:Sfnp		møøkcode: iai is deprecated	[møːk]	'to close eyes'
KurdishTemplate:Sfnp	Palewani (Southern)	سۆرcode: ku is deprecated	[søːɾ]	'wedding'	See Kurdish phonology
Lemerig		lēlqön̄code: lrz is deprecated	[lɪlk​͡pʷøŋ]	'forget'
Limburgish	Most dialectsTemplate:SfnpTemplate:Sfnp	beukcode: li is deprecated	[bøːk²]	'beech'	Central Template:IPAblink in Maastricht;Template:Sfnp the example word is from the Hamont dialect.
Lombard	Most dialects	nööfcode: lmo is deprecated / noeuvcode: lmo is deprecated	[nøːf]	'new'
Low GermanTemplate:Sfnp		söncode: nds is deprecated / zeuncode: nds is deprecated	[zøːn]	'son'	May be realized as a narrow closing diphthong in certain dialects.Template:Sfnp
Löyöp		nö‑qöycode: urr is deprecated	[nø k​͡pʷøj]	'place haunted by spirits'
LuxembourgishTemplate:Sfnp		blödcode: lb is deprecated	[bløːt]	'stupid'	Occurs only in loanwords.Template:Sfnp See Luxembourgish phonology
Portuguese	Micaelense	boicode: pt is deprecated	[bø]	'ox'	Allophone of Template:IPAslink. See Portuguese phonology
	Some European speakers	doucode: pt is deprecated	[d̪øw]	'I give'
RipuarianTemplate:Sfnp		meusj	[møːʃ²]	'sparrow'	The example word is from the Kerkrade dialect.
Saterland FrisianTemplate:Sfnp		Göätecode: stq is deprecated	[ˈɡøːtə]	'gutter'	Typically transcribed in IPA with Template:Angbr IPA. Phonetically, it is nearly identical to /ʏ/ (Template:IPAblink). The vowel typically transcribed in IPA with Template:Angbr IPA is actually near-close Template:IPAblink.Template:Sfnp
West Frisian	HindeloopersTemplate:Sfnp	beuchcode: fy is deprecated	[bøːx]		Diphthongized to [øy̑] in Standard West Frisian.Template:Sfnp See West Frisian phonology

Close-mid front protruded vowel

Catford notesTemplate:Full citation needed that most languages with rounded front and back vowels use distinct types of labialization, protruded back vowels and compressed front vowels. However, a few, such as the Scandinavian languages, have protruded front vowels. One of them, Swedish, even contrasts the two types of rounding in front vowels (see near-close near-front rounded vowel, with Swedish examples of both types of rounding).

As there are no diacritics in the IPA to distinguish protruded and compressed rounding, an old diacritic for labialization, Template:Angbr IPA, will be used here as an ad hoc symbol for protruded front vowels. Another possible transcription is Template:Angbr IPA or Template:Angbr IPA (a close-mid front vowel modified by endolabialization), but that could be misread as a diphthong.

For the close-mid front protruded vowel that is usually transcribed with the symbol Template:Angbr IPA, see near-close front protruded vowel. If the usual symbol is Template:Angbr IPA, the vowel is listed here.

Acoustically, the sound is in between the more typical compressed close-mid front vowel [ø] and the unrounded close-mid front vowel Template:IPAblink.

Occurrence

Language		Word	IPA	Meaning	Notes
NorwegianTemplate:Sfnp		søtcode: no is deprecated	[sø̫ːt]	'sweet'	The example word is from Urban East Norwegian, in which the vowel has also been described as central Template:IPAblink.Template:Sfnp See Norwegian phonology
Swedish	Central StandardTemplate:Sfnp	ölcode: sv is deprecated	Template:Audio-IPA	'beer'	May be diphthongized to [øə̯]. See Swedish phonology

See also

• Index of phonetics articles

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