| Ipa Symbol: | ø̞ |
| Ipa Symbol2: | œ̝ |
| Ipa Number: | 310 430 |
| Decimal1: | 248 |
| Decimal2: | 798 |
| Xsampa: | 2_o or 9_r |
| Braille: | ou |
| Braille2: | 6 |
| Braille3: | gh |
pronounced as /vowels/
The mid front rounded vowel is a type of vowel sound, used in some spoken languages.
Although there is no dedicated symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents the "exact" mid front rounded vowel between close-mid pronounced as /[ø]/ and open-mid pronounced as /[œ]/, (IPA|ø) is generally used. If precision is desired, diacritics can be used, such as (IPA|ø̞) or (IPA|œ̝).
The mid front compressed vowel is typically transcribed in IPA simply as (IPA|ø̞) or (IPA|œ̝). This article uses the first symbol for simplicity. There is no dedicated diacritic for compression in the IPA. However, the compression of the lips can be shown with the letter pronounced as /link/ as (IPA|e̞͡β̞) / (IPA|ɛ̝͡β̞) (simultaneous pronounced as /[e̞]/ / pronounced as /[ɛ̝]/ and labial compression) or (IPA|e̞ᵝ) / (IPA|ɛ̝ᵝ) (pronounced as /[e̞]/ / pronounced as /[ɛ̝]/ modified with labial compression). The spread-lip diacritic (IPA| ͍) may also be used with a rounded vowel letters (IPA|ø͍˕) / (IPA|œ͍˔) as an ad hoc symbol, though technically 'spread' means unrounded.
Because front rounded vowels are assumed to have compression, and few descriptions cover the distinction, some of the following may actually have protrusion.
| Language | Word | IPA | Meaning | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Possible realization of unstressed pronounced as //œ//; can be open-mid pronounced as /link/ or close-mid pronounced as /link/ instead. | ||||||
| Catalan; Valencian: [[Catalan alphabet|f'''u'''lles]]|italic=yes | pronounced as /[ˈfø̞jəs]/ | 'leaves' | Found in Occitan and French loanwords and interferences. See Catalan phonology | |||
| Standard | Danish: [[Danish alphabet|h'''ø'''ne]]|italic=yes | pronounced as /[ˈhœ̝ːnə]/ | 'hen' | Also described as close-mid pronounced as /link/;[1] typically transcribed in IPA with (IPA|œː) See Danish phonology | ||
| Dutch; Flemish: [[Dutch orthography|m'''ù'''l]]|italic=yes | pronounced as /[mœ̝ɫ]/ | 'well' | Typically transcribed in IPA with (IPA|œ). | |||
| bird | pronounced as /[bœ̝ːd]/ | 'bird' | Occasional realization of pronounced as //ɜː//; can be unrounded pronounced as /link/ or, more often, unrounded central pronounced as /link/ instead. May be transcribed in IPA with (IPA|ɜː) or (IPA|œː). | |||
| May be open-mid pronounced as /link/ instead. In broader varieties, it is close-mid or higher. Typically transcribed in IPA with (IPA|ɵː). See New Zealand English phonology | ||||||
| Used in General and Broad accents; may be close-mid pronounced as /link/ instead. In the Cultivated variety, it is realized as mid central unrounded pronounced as /link/. See South African English phonology | ||||||
| Also described as open-mid pronounced as /link/ and close-mid pronounced as /link/. | ||||||
| Faroese[2] | Faroese: [[Faroese orthography|h'''ø'''gt]] | pronounced as /[hœ̝kt]/ | 'high' | Typically transcribed in IPA with (IPA|œ). See Faroese phonology | ||
| Finnish: [[Finnish alphabet|r'''ö'''lli]]|italic=yes | pronounced as /[ˈrø̞lːi]/ | 'Common bent' | See Finnish phonology | |||
| Greek, Modern (1453-);: [[Greek alphabet|κορ'''ιό'''ς]] / [[Romanization of Greek|kor'''eo'''s]] | pronounced as /[ko̞ˈɾø̞s]/ | 'bedbug' | Corresponds to pronounced as //jo// and pronounced as //eo// in Standard Modern Greek. | |||
| Velvendos | ||||||
| Hungarian: [[Hungarian orthography|'''ö'''l]]|italic=yes | pronounced as /[ø̞l]/ | 'kill' | See Hungarian phonology | |||
| Icelandic: [[Icelandic orthography|'''ö'''ld]] | pronounced as /[œ̝l̪t̪]/ | 'age' | Typically transcribed in IPA with (IPA|œ). The long allophone is often diphthongized to pronounced as /[øœ]/. See Icelandic phonology | |||
| Korean: [[Hangul|왼손]] / Korean: [[Revised Romanization of Korean|'''oe'''nson]]|italic=yes | pronounced as /[ø̞ːnson]/ | 'left hand' | Typically transcribed in IPA with (IPA|ø). Diphthongized to pronounced as /[we]/ in Modern Standard Korean. See Korean phonology | |||
| Romanian; Moldavian; Moldovan: [[Romanian orthography|bl'''eu''']]|italic=yes | pronounced as /[bl̪ø̞]/ | 'light blue' | Found only in loanwords. See Romanian phonology | |||
| Standard | Turkish: [[Turkish alphabet|g'''ö'''z]]|italic=yes | pronounced as /[ˈɟø̞z̟]/ | 'eye' | May be transcribed in IPA with (IPA|œ). See Turkish phonology | ||
| Above: | Mid front protruded vowel |
| Ipa Symbol: | ø̫˕ |
| Ipa Symbol2: | œ̫˔ |
| Ipa Symbol3: | ø̞ʷ |
| Ipa Symbol4: | œ̝ʷ |
| Ipa Symbol5: | e̞ʷ |
| Ipa Symbol6: | ɛ̝ʷ |
Catford notes that most languages with rounded front and back vowels use distinct types of labialization, protruded back vowels and compressed front vowels. However, a few languages, such as Scandinavian ones, have protruded front vowels. One of these, Swedish, even contrasts the two types of rounding in front vowels (see near-close near-front rounded vowel, with Swedish examples of both types of rounding).
As there are no diacritics in the IPA to distinguish protruded and compressed rounding, (IPA|ø̞ʷ) (a mid front rounded vowel modified by endolabialization) will be used here as an ad hoc symbol for protruded mid front vowels.
Acoustically, this sound is "between" the more typical compressed mid front vowel pronounced as /[ø̞]/ and the unrounded mid front vowel pronounced as /link/.
pronounced as /navigation/