OPEN-MID BACK ROUNDED VOWEL

The 'open-mid back rounded vowel' is a type of vowel sound, used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is , and the equivalent X-SAMPA symbol is O. The IPA symbol is a turned letter ''c'' and both the symbol and the sound are commonly called "open-o". The name ''open-o'' represents the sound, in that it is like the sound represented by [o], the close-mid back rounded vowel, except it is more open. It also represents the symbol, which can be remembered as an ''o'' which has been "opened" by removing part of the closed circular shape.

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Features

Occurrence

Features

★ Its vowel height is open-mid, which means the tongue is positioned halfway between an open vowel and a mid vowel.

★ Its vowel backness is back, which means the tongue is positioned as far back as possible in the mouth without creating a constriction that would be classified as a consonant.

★ Its vowel roundedness is rounded, which means that the lips are rounded.

Occurrence

Language		Word	IPA	Meaning	Notes
Albanian		''p'o'''		'yes'
Bengali		বস		'sit'	See Bengali phonology
Catalan		''c'o'sa''		'thing'	See Catalan phonology
Czech		'o'k'o'		'an eye'	See Czech phonology
Dutch		''b'o't''		'bone'	See Dutch phonology
Eng lish	AuE and NZE	''h'o't''		'hot'	See Australian English phonology
	RP	''b'a'll''		'ball'	See English phonology
Faroese		''n'á'tt''		'bone'
French		''s'o'rt''		'fate'	See French phonology
Georgian		სწ'ო'რი		'correct'
German		''v'o'll''		'full'	See German phonology
Italian		''par'o'la''		'word'	See Italian phonology
Norwegian		''t'o'pp''		'top'	See Norwegian phonology
Occitan		'''ò'me''		'man'
Polish		''k'o't''		'cat'	See Polish phonology
Portuguese		''m'ó'dulo''		'module'	See Portuguese phonology
Swedish		'''å'tta''		'eight'	See Swedish phonology
Vietnamese		''t'o'''		'large'	See Vietnamese phonology