CLOSE-MID FRONT ROUNDED VOWEL

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Close-mid front rounded vowel

Features

Occurrence

Mid front rounded vowel

Occurrence

Close-mid front rounded vowel

The 'close-mid front 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 2. The symbol is a lowercase letter o with a diagonal stroke through it, derived from the Danish, Faroese, and Norwegian alphabets, which also use this symbol to represent this sound. This symbol is also commonly referred to as "o, slash".

Features

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

★ Its vowel backness is front, which means the tongue is positioned as far forward 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
Danish	''k'ø'be''		'buy'	See Danish phonology
Dutch	''k'eu'ken''		'kitchen'	See Dutch phonology
Faroese	'''ø'l''		'beer'
French	''p'eu'''		'few'	See French phonology
German	''sch'ö'n''		'beautiful'	See German phonology
Hungarian	''n'ő'''		'woman'	See Hungarian phonology
Korean	외 ''oe''		'exception'	May be diphthongized to by younger speakers
Norwegian	'''ø'l''	align="center"	align="center"| 'beer'	See Norwegian phonology
Swedish	'''ö'l''		'beer'	See Swedish phonology

Mid front rounded vowel

Some languages have a 'mid front rounded vowel', distinct from both the close-mid and open-mid vowels. However, since no language is known to distinguish all three, there is no separate IPA symbol for the mid vowel, and [ø] is generally used. If precision is desired, the lowering diacritic may be used: .

Occurrence

In the following transcriptions, the lowering diacritic has been omitted for the sake of simplicity.

Language	Word	IPA	Meaning	Notes
Finnish	''r'ö'lli''		'common bent'	See Finnish phonology
Hungarian	'''ö'l''		'kill'	See Hungarian phonology
Turkish	''g'ö'z''		'eye'