CLOSE FRONT ROUNDED VOWEL

The 'close 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 y.
There is also a 'close front compressed vowel', commonly transcribed as which contrasts with both the rounded and unrounded close front vowels.

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Features

Occurrence

Features

★ Its vowel height is close, which means the tongue is positioned as close as possible to the roof of the mouth without creating a constriction that would be classified as a consonant.

★ 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 and protrude, and the inner surfaces are exposed.

Occurrence

Language		Word	IPA	Meaning	Notes
Albanian		''d'y'''		'two'
Azeri		''g'ü'llə''		'bullet'
Cantonese		犬/?		'dog'	See Standard Cantonese
Chechen		'уь'ш/'''ü'ş''		'they'
Danish		'y'de''		'to supply'	See Danish phonology
Dutch		''f'uu't''		'grebe'	See Dutch phonology
English	(some Scottish dialects)	''f'oo'd''		'food'	Corresponds to or in other dialects. See English phonology
Estonian		'''ü'ks''		'one'
Finnish		'''y'ksi''		'one'	See Finnish phonology
French		''ch'u'te''		'fall'	See French phonology
German		''Bl'ü'te''		'blossom'	See German phonology
Hungarian		''t'ű'''		'pin'	See Hungarian phonology
Korean		위 ''wi''		'top'	May be diphthongized to by younger speakers
Mandarin Chinese		绿 ''l'ü'''		'green'	See Standard Mandarin
Norwegian		''s'y'd''		'south'	See Norwegian phonology
Occitan	Languedocien and Provençal	''l'u'na''		'moon'
	Gascon	''l'u'a''		'moon'
Swedish		'''y'la''		'howl'	See Swedish phonology
Turkish		''g'ü'neş''		'sun'	See Turkish phonology