| Mid back rounded vowel | |
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| o̞ | |
| ɔ̝ | |
| IPA number | 307 430 |
| Audio sample | |
| Encoding | |
| Entity(decimal) | o̞ |
| Unicode(hex) | U+006F U+031E |
| Braille | |
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Themid back rounded vowel is a type ofvowel sound, used in some spokenlanguages. While there is no dedicated symbol in theInternational Phonetic Alphabet that represents the exact mid back rounded vowel between close-mid[o] and open-mid[ɔ], it is normally written ⟨o⟩. If precision is desired, diacritics may be used, such as ⟨o̞⟩ or ⟨ɔ̝⟩, the former being more common.
Multiple para-IPA alternative symbols also exist for this vowel. TheSwedish Dialect Alphabet uses the symbol ⟨ⱺ⟩ (an o with low ring), whileSinological notation uses the symbol ⟨o̧⟩ (an o with cedilla). The symbol ⟨ꭥ⟩ (a small capital omega) was proposed forAmericanist notation, but was never implemented.
Just because a language has only one non-close non-open back vowel, it still may not be a true-mid vowel.Tukang Besi is a language inSulawesi,Indonesia, with a close-mid[o].Taba, another language in Indonesia, in theMaluku Islands, has an open-mid[ɔ]. In both languages, there is no contrast with another mid (true-mid or close-mid) vowel.
Kensiu, inMalaysia andThailand, is highly unusual in that it contrasts true-mid vowels with close-mid and open-mid vowels without any difference in other parameters, such as backness or roundedness.
| Language | Word | IPA | Meaning | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Standard[1] | bok | [bɔ̝k] | 'goat' | Typically transcribed in IPA with ⟨ɔ⟩. The height varies between mid[ɔ̝] and close-mid[o].[1] SeeAfrikaans phonology |
| Arabic | Hejazi[2] | لـون/lōn | [lo̞ːn] | 'color' | SeeHejazi Arabic phonology |
| Bengali | তোমার | [to̞mɐr] | ˈyour' | SeeBengali phonology | |
| Breton[3] | [example needed] | Possible realization of unstressed/ɔ/; can be open-mid[ɔ] or close-mid[o] instead.[3] | |||
| Chinese | Mandarin[4] | 我 /wǒ | [wo̞ɔː˨˩˦]ⓘ | 'I' | SeeStandard Chinese phonology |
| Shanghainese[5] | 高/kò | [kö̞¹] | 'tall' | Near-back. Realization of/ɔ/ in open syllables and/ʊ/ in closed syllables.[5] | |
| Czech[6][7] | oko | [ˈo̞ko̞] | 'eye' | In Bohemian Czech, the backness varies between back and near-back, whereas the height varies between mid[o̞] and close-mid[o].[6] SeeCzech phonology | |
| Danish | Standard[8][9] | måle | [ˈmɔ̽ːlə] | 'measure' | Near-back;[8][9] typically transcribed in IPA with ⟨ɔː⟩. SeeDanish phonology |
| Dutch | Amsterdam[10] | och | [ɔ̝̈χ] | 'alas' | Near-back;[10] corresponds to open-mid[ɔˤ] in standard Dutch. SeeDutch phonology |
| Orsmaal-Gussenhoven dialect[11] | mot | [mɔ̝t] | 'well' | Typically transcribed in IPA with ⟨ɔ⟩. | |
| English | CultivatedSouth African[12] | thought | [θɔ̝ːt] | 'thought' | Close-mid[oː] for other speakers. SeeSouth African English phonology |
| Maori[13] | Near-close[o̝ː] in General New Zealand English.[13][14] | ||||
| Scouse[15] | Typically transcribed in IPA with ⟨ɔː⟩. | ||||
| SomeCardiff speakers[16] | Other speakers use a more open, advanced and unrounded vowel[ʌ̈ː].[16] | ||||
| General American[17] | Cambodia | [kʰɛəmˈbö̞diə]ⓘ | 'Cambodia' | Near-back; often diphthongal:[ö̞ʊ].[17] Some regional North American varieties use a vowel that is closer to cardinal[o]. SeeEnglish phonology | |
| Yorkshire[18] | [kʰamˈbo̞ːdjə] | Corresponds to/əʊ/ in otherBritish dialects. SeeEnglish phonology | |||
| Faroese[19] | toldi | [ˈtʰɔ̝ltɪ̞] | 'endured' | Typically transcribed in IPA with ⟨ɔ⟩. SeeFaroese phonology | |
| Finnish[20][21] | kello | [ˈke̞lːo̞] | 'clock' | SeeFinnish phonology | |
| French | Parisian[22] | pont | [pɔ̝̃] | 'bridge' | Nasalized; typically transcribed in IPA with ⟨ɔ̃⟩. SeeFrench phonology |
| German | Southern accents[23] | voll | [fɔ̝l] | 'full' | Common realization of/ɔ/ in Southern Germany, Switzerland and Austria. Open-mid[ɔ] in Northern Standard German.[24] SeeStandard German phonology |
| Western Swiss accents[25] | hoch | [ho̞ːχ] | 'high' | Close-mid[oː] in other accents.[26] SeeStandard German phonology | |
| Greek | Modern Standard[27][28] | πως /pos | [po̞s̠] | 'how' | SeeModern Greek phonology |
| Hebrew[29] | שלום/shalom/šɔlom | [ʃäˈlo̞m] | 'peace' | Hebrew vowels are not shown in the script. SeeNiqqud andModern Hebrew phonology | |
| Ibibio[30] | do | [dó̞] | 'there' | ||
| Icelandic[31] | loft | [ˈlɔ̝ft] | 'air' | Typically transcribed in IPA with ⟨ɔ⟩. The long allophone is often diphthongized to[oɔ].[32] SeeIcelandic phonology | |
| Inuit | West Greenlandic[33] | Maniitsoq | [maniːtsːo̞q] | 'Maniitsoq' | Allophone of/u/ before and especially between uvulars.[33] SeeGreenlandic phonology |
| Italian | Standard[34] | forense | [fo̞ˈrɛnse] | 'forensic' | Common realization of the unstressed/o/.[34] SeeItalian phonology |
| Northern accents[35] | bosco | [ˈbo̞sko̞] | 'forest' | Local realization of/ɔ/.[35] SeeItalian phonology | |
| Japanese[36] | 子/ko | [ko̞] | 'child' | SeeJapanese phonology | |
| Korean[37] | 보리 /bori | [po̞ˈɾi] | 'barley' | SeeKorean phonology | |
| Limburgish | Hasselt dialect[38] | mok | [mɔ̝k] | 'mug' | May be transcribed IPA with ⟨ɔ⟩.[38] SeeHasselt dialect phonology |
| Malay | Standard | پوكوق/pokok | [po̞.ko̞ʔ] | 'tree' | SeeMalay phonology |
| Johor-Riau | |||||
| Norwegian | Urban East[39][40] | lov | [lo̞ːʋ] | 'law' | Also described as close-mid[oː].[41] SeeNorwegian phonology |
| Romanian[42] | acolo | [äˈko̞lo̞] | 'there' | SeeRomanian phonology | |
| Russian[43] | сухой/sukhoy/sukhoj | [s̪ʊˈxo̞j]ⓘ | 'dry' | Some speakers realize it as open-mid[ɔ].[43] SeeRussian phonology | |
| Scottish Gaelic[44] | Lewis | ruadh | [rˠʊɔ̝̈ɣ] | 'red' | Near-back and weakly rounded; allophone of[ə] in the/uə/ diphthong. |
| Serbo-Croatian[45][46] | ко̑д /kȏd/kõd | [kô̞ːd̪] | 'code' | SeeSerbo-Croatian phonology | |
| Shipibo[47] | koni | [ˈkö̞ni̞] | 'eel' | Near-back.[47] | |
| Slovene[48] | oglas | [o̞ˈɡlá̠s̪] | 'advertisement' | Unstressed vowel,[48] as well as an allophone of/o/ before/ʋ/ when a vowel does not follow within the same word.[49] SeeSlovene phonology | |
| Spanish[50] | todo | [ˈt̪o̞ð̞o̞] | 'all' | SeeSpanish phonology | |
| Tera[51] | zo | [zo̞ː] | 'rope' | ||
| Thai | โต | [to̞ː˧] | 'big' | SeeThai phonology | |
| Turkish[52][53] | kol | [kʰo̞l] | 'arm' | SeeTurkish phonology | |
| Zapotec | Tilquiapan[54] | do | [d̪o̞] | 'corn tassel' | |