OPEN BACK ROUNDED VOWEL

The 'open 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 Q. The symbol is called ''turned script a'', because it is a rotated version of ''script a'', so-called because it lacks the extra stroke on top of a printed 'a'. ''Turned script a'', which has its linear stroke on the left, should not be confused with ''script a'' , which has its linear stroke on the right and corresponds to an unrounded version of this vowel, the open back unrounded vowel. A well rounded is rare, though it is found in some varieties of English.

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Features

Occurrence

Features

★ Its vowel height is open, which means the tongue is positioned as far as possible from the roof of the mouth.

★ 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
Afrikaans		''d'aa'r''		'there'	Usually found in northern Transvaal dialects.
Assamese		?		'to bury'
English	RP	''h'o't''		'hot'	See English phonology
	South African	''p'ar'k''		'park'
Hungarian		''m'a'gy'a'r''		'Hungarian'	See Hungarian phonology
Kol		'''ö'le''		'name'
Occitan	Limousin	''p'a'ïs''		'world'	Southeastern dialects
Martu Wangka		''w'a'ŋka''		'talk'
Persian		ﻧﺎﻥ		'bread'	See Persian phonology
Waris		'''o'v''		'sky'