Open front rounded vowel | |||
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ɶ | |||
IPA Number | 312 | ||
Audio sample | |||
Encoding | |||
Entity (decimal) | ɶ | ||
Unicode (hex) | U+0276 | ||
X-SAMPA | & | ||
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Legend: unrounded • rounded |
The (near) open front rounded vowel, or (near) low front rounded vowel,
[1] is a type of
vowel sound that has not been confirmed to be
phonemic in any
spoken
language.[
citation needed] The symbol in the
International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is ⟨ɶ⟩, and the equivalent
X-SAMPA symbol is &
. The letter ⟨ɶ⟩ is a
small caps rendition of ⟨
Œ⟩. ⟨œ⟩, the lowercase version of the ligature, is used for the
open-mid front rounded vowel.
While the IPA chart lists it as a fully open vowel, the rounded equivalent of [a], Ladefoged [2] characterizes it as near-open, the rounded equivalent of [æ].
A phoneme generally transcribed by this symbol is reported from the Bavarian dialect of Amstetten. However, it is phonetically open-mid, [ œ]. [3]
It occurs allophonically in Weert Limburgish [4] as well as in some speakers of Danish [5] and Swedish. [6] Certain transcriptions of Danish use ⟨ɶ⟩ to denote an open-mid front rounded vowel [ œ]. [5]
In Maastrichtian Limburgish, the vowel transcribed with ⟨ɶː⟩ in the Mestreechter Taol dictionary is phonetically near-open central [ ɐ̹ː]. It is a phonological open-mid front rounded vowel, the long counterpart of /œ/. [7]
Riad (2014) reports that [ɶː] in Stockholm Swedish is sometimes difficult to distinguish from [ ɒː], which is the main realization of the /ɑː/ phoneme, a sign that both vowels are phonetically very close. [6]
Language | Word | IPA | Meaning | Notes | |
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Danish | Some speakers [5] | grøn | [ˈkʁɶ̝nˀ] | 'green' | Near-open; [8] allophone of /ø/ between /ʁ/ and /v/ as well as an allophone of /œ/ between /ʁ/ and a nasal. [9] Other speakers pronounce it the same as [ œ]. [5] See Danish phonology |
Limburgish | Weert dialect [4] | bui | [bɶj] | 'shower' | Allophone of /œ/ before /j/. [4] See Weert dialect phonology |
Swedish | Stockholm [6] | öra | [ˈɶ̂ːra̠] | 'ear' | Pre-/r/ allophone of /øː/ (sometimes also /œ/) for younger speakers. [6] Open-mid [ œː, œ for other speakers. [6] See Swedish phonology |