| Language | Word | IPA | Meaning | Notes |
|---|
| Ajië[2] | kë | [kʌˀ] | 'pot' | Distinct from/ə/ |
| Catalan | Solsonès[3] | tarda | [ˈtaɾð̞ʌ̃ː] | 'afternoon' | Realization of final unstressed/ə/ |
| Danish | slot | [ˈslʌt] | 'castle' | Usually transcribed as/ɒ/ but more mid-centralized[ɒ̽]. |
| Emilian | most Emilian dialects[4] | Bulåggna | [buˈlʌɲːɐ] | 'Bologna' | It corresponds to a sound between/ɔ/ to/ä/; writtenò in some spellings |
| English | Cape Town[5] | lot | [lʌt] | 'lot' | It corresponds to a weakly rounded[ɒ̈] in all other South African dialects. SeeSouth African English phonology |
| Natal[5] |
| Cardiff[6] | thought | [θʌːt] | 'thought' | For some speakers it may be rounded and closer. SeeEnglish phonology |
| GeneralSouth African[7] | no | [nʌː] | 'no' | May be a diphthong[ʌʊ̯] instead.[8] SeeSouth African English phonology |
| General American[9] | gut | [ɡʌt]ⓘ | 'gut' | In some dialects, fronted to[ɜ], or fronted and lowered to[ɐ]. In Standard Southern British English,[ʌ] is increasingly heard in place of[ɐ] to avoid thetrap–strut merger.[10] SeeEnglish phonology andNorthern Cities Vowel Shift |
| Inland Northern American[11] |
| Multicultural London[12] |
| Newfoundland[13] |
| NorthernEast Anglian[14] |
| Philadelphia[15] |
| Scottish[16] |
| SomeEstuary English speakers[17] |
| Some Standard SouthernBritish speakers[10] |
| French | Picardy[18] | alors | [aˈlʌʀ̥] | 'so' | Corresponding to/ɔ/ instandard French. |
| German | Chemnitz dialect[19] | machen | [ˈmʌχɴ̩] | 'to do' | Allophone of/ʌ,ʌː/ (which phonetically are central[ɜ,ɜː])[20] before and after/ŋ,kʰ,k,χ,ʁ/. Exact backness varies; it is most posterior before/χ,ʁ/.[21] |
| Haida[22] | ḵwaáay | [qʷʰʌʔáːj] | 'the rock' | Allophone of/a/ (sometimes also/aː/) after uvular and epiglottal consonants.[23] |
| Irish | Ulster dialect[24] | ola | [ʌl̪ˠə] | 'oil' | SeeIrish phonology |
| Kaingang[25] | [ˈɾʌ] | 'mark' | Varies between back[ʌ] and central[ɜ].[26] |
| Kashmiri | از | [ʌz] | 'today' | Allophone of[ɐ]. Used only in monosyllables. Typical of theSrinagar variety. |
| Kensiu[27] | [hʌʎ] | 'stream' | |
| Korean[28] | 너 /neo | [nʌ̹] | 'you' | SeeKorean phonology |
| Lillooet | [example needed] | | | Retracted counterpart of/ə/. |
| Mah Meri[29] | [example needed] | | | Allophone of/ə/; can be mid central[ə] or close-mid back[ɤ] instead.[29] |
| Nepali | असल/asal | [ʌsʌl] | 'good' | SeeNepali phonology |
| Norwegian | Solør[30] | fäss | [fʌs] | 'waterfall' | In traditional dialect transcriptions, this vowel is written consequently as ⟨ä⟩, and has existed as a separate vowel in addition to ⟨æ⟩,[æ]. This is because ⟨ä⟩ has evolved from an unrounding of short ⟨o⟩. ⟨ä⟩ has morphed to[æ] with younger speakers. |
| Portuguese | Greater Lisbon area[31] | leite | [ˈɫ̪ʌjt̪ɨ̞] | 'milk' | Allophone of/ɐ/ before/i/ (forming a phonetic diphthong[ʌj]). Corresponds to[e] in other accents.[31] SeePortuguese phonology |
| Russian | StandardSaint Petersburg[32] | голова/golová | [ɡəɫ̪ʌˈvä] | 'head' | Corresponds to[ɐ] in standardMoscow pronunciation;[32] occurs mostly immediately before stressed syllables. SeeRussian phonology |
| Scottish Gaelic | Barra[33] | duine | [ˈt̪ɯɲʌ] | 'person' | Dialectal allophone of[ə] in word-final position. |
| Tamil[34] | [example needed] | | | Nasalized. Phonetic realization of the sequence/am/, may be[õ] or[ã] instead.[34] SeeTamil phonology |
| Xavante[35] | | [jʌm] | 'seed' | The nasal version[ʌ̃] also occurs.[35] |