Open back rounded vowel

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IPA – number	313
IPA – text
IPA – image
Entity	ɒ
X-SAMPA	Q
Kirshenbaum	A.

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 ɒ, and the equivalent X-SAMPA symbol is Q. The symbol <ɒ> 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 <ɑ>, which has its linear stroke on the right and corresponds to an unrounded version of this vowel, the open back unrounded vowel.

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.

Occurs in

Well rounded [ɒ] is rare, though it is found in some varieties of English.

• Assamese påt [pɒt], "to bury"
• English: (RP) hot [hɒt] (in GA, this is pronounced [hɑt])
• Hungarian: bal [bɒ̜̽l], 'left'
• Persian: ﻧﺎﻥ [nɒ̜n], 'bread'

In Persian and Hungarian, the vowel is somewhat underrounded, and in Hungarian it is centralized.

 

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