Close-mid back rounded vowel

Close-mid back rounded vowel
o
IPA number	307
Encoding
Entity (decimal)	o
Unicode (hex)	U+006F
X-SAMPA	o
Kirshenbaum	o
Braille
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The close-mid back rounded vowel, or high-mid 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 ⟨o⟩.

For the close-mid back rounded vowel that is usually transcribed with the symbol ⟨ʊ⟩ or ⟨u⟩, see near-close back rounded vowel. If the usual symbol is ⟨o⟩, the vowel is listed here.

IPA: Vowels [edit]

	Front	Central	Back
Close Near-close Close-mid Mid Open-mid Near-open Open	i y ɨ ʉ ɯ u ɪ ʏ ɨ̞ ʉ̞ ɯ̞ ʊ e ø ɘ ɵ ɤ o e̞ ø̞ ə ɵ̞ ɤ̞ o̞ ɛ œ ɜ ɞ ʌ ɔ æ œ̞ ɐ ʌ̞ ɔ̞ a ɶ ä ɒ̈ ɑ ɒ

Paired vowels are: unrounded • rounded