| Ipa Symbol: | ɞ |
| Ipa Number: | 395 |
| Decimal: | 606 |
| X-Sampa: | 3\ |
| Kirshenbaum: | O" |
| Imagefile: | IPA Unicode 0x025E.svg |
| Braille: | 236 |
| Braille2: | ar |
pronounced as /vowels/
The open-mid central rounded vowel, or low-mid central rounded vowel, is a vowel sound, used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is (IPA|ɞ), and the equivalent X-SAMPA symbol is 3\. The symbol is called closed reversed epsilon. It was added to the IPA in 1993; before that, this vowel was transcribed (IPA|ɔ̈).
IPA charts were first published with this vowel transcribed as a closed epsilon, (IPA|ʚ) (that is, a closed variant of (IPA|ɛ), much as the high-mid vowel letter (IPA|ɵ) is a closed variant of (IPA|e)), and this variant made its way into Unicode as . The IPA charts were later changed to the current closed reversed epsilon (IPA|ɞ), and this was adopted into Unicode as .
| Language | Word | IPA | Meaning | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | Afrikaans: [[Afrikaans alphabet|l'''u'''g]] | pronounced as /[lɞχ]/ | 'air' | Also been described as mid pronounced as /link/, typically transcribed in IPA with (IPA|œ). Many speakers merge pronounced as //œ// with pronounced as //ə//, even in formal speech. See Afrikaans phonology | ||
| but | pronounced as /[bɞθ̠]/ | 'but' | Corresponds to pronounced as /link/ in other varieties. See English phonology | |||
| not | pronounced as /[nɞʔt]/ | 'not' | Possible realization of pronounced as //ɒ//. See New Zealand English phonology | |||
| Faroese[1] | Faroese: [[Faroese orthography|h'''ø'''gur]] | pronounced as /[ˈhɞːʋʊɹ]/ | 'high' | Typically transcribed in IPA with (IPA|øː). See Faroese phonology | ||
| Parisian | French: [[French orthography|p'''o'''rt]] | 'port', 'harbour' | Described variously as an allophone of pronounced as //ɔ// before pronounced as //ʁ// and as the default allophone of pronounced as //ɔ//. See French phonology | |||
| German | Chemnitz dialect | German: W'''o'''nne | pronounced as /[ˈv̞ɞnə]/ | 'bliss' | May be transcribed as (IPA|ɞ̝) though (IPA|ɞ) is typically used. | |
| Irish: [[Irish orthography|t'''omha'''il]] | pronounced as /[tɞːlʲ]/ | 'consume' (imp.) | See Irish phonology | |||
| Kashubian | Kashubian: [[Kashubian alphabet|pt'''ô'''ch]] | pronounced as /[ptɞx]/ | 'bird' | |||
| Limburgan; Limburger; Limburgish: l'''ui''' | pronounced as /[lɞː]/ | 'lazy' | Allophone of pronounced as //œy// in words with Accent 2. May be slightly diphthongal pronounced as /[ɞɵ]/ itself. It contrasts with the near-open pronounced as /link/ in words with Accent 2 (pronounced as /[ɐ̹ː]/ itself is always toneless). It may be transcribed in IPA with (IPA|œː), as it is a phonological front vowel. | |||
| Mwerlap[2] | N̄w'''ë'''rlap | pronounced as /[ŋʷɞrˈlap]/ | 'Merelava' | |||
| Navajo[3] | Navajo; Navaho: ts'''o'''sts’id | pronounced as /[tsʰɞstsˈɪt]/ | 'seven' | See Navajo phonology | ||
| Northern Tiwa | ącut'u'''o'''nbo | pronounced as /[ʔãˌtʃʊt̚ːˈʔuɞnbɑ]/ | 'his-garment-around' | Allophone of pronounced as //ɑ//. See Taos phonology | ||
| Panará | pronounced as /[kɾə'kɞ]/ | 'trousers' | Contrasts with pronounced as /[ə]/. | |||
| Uncoded languages: '''o''' doune | pronounced as /[ɞ dun]/ | 'he gives' | ||||
| Southwestern dialects[4] | Western Frisian: b'''oa'''re | pronounced as /[ˈbɞːrə]/ | 'tomcat' | Corresponds to pronounced as /[wa]/ in other dialects. See West Frisian phonology | ||
pronounced as /navigation/