Near-close central rounded vowel | |
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ʉ̞ | |
ʊ̈ | |
ɵ̝ | |
IPA number | 318 430 |
Encoding | |
Entity (decimal) | ʊ̈ |
Unicode (hex) | U+028A U+0308 |
X-SAMPA | }_o or U\ |
Braille |
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] | ||||||||
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Paired vowels are: unrounded • rounded |