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Near-close central rounded vowel
ʉ̞
ʊ̈
ɵ̝
IPA number318 430
Encoding
Entity (decimal)ʊ​̈
Unicode (hex)U+028A U+0308
X-SAMPA}_o or U\
Braille⠷ (braille pattern dots-12356)⠈ (braille pattern dots-4)⠒ (braille pattern dots-25)

The near-close central rounded vowel, or near-high central rounded vowel, is a vowel sound used in some spoken languages. The International Phonetic Alphabet can represent this sound in a number of ways (see the box on the right), but the most common symbols are ⟨ʉ̞⟩ (lowered [ʉ]) and ⟨ʊ̈⟩ (centralized [ʊ]) for a protruded vowel, and ⟨ʏ̈⟩ for a compressed vowel. Other possible transcriptions of the protruded variant include ⟨ʊ̟⟩ (advanced [ʊ]) and ⟨ɵ̝⟩ (raised [ɵ]).

IPA: Vowels [edit]
Front Central Back

Paired vowels are: unrounded  rounded

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