| Ipa Symbol: | ɶ |
| Ipa Number: | 312 |
| Decimal: | 630 |
| X-Sampa: | & |
| Kirshenbaum: | a. |
| Imagefile: | IPA Unicode 0x0276.svg |
| Braille: | in |
| Braille2: | ow |
pronounced as /vowels/
The (near-)open front rounded vowel, or (near-)low front rounded vowel, is a type of vowel sound that has not been confirmed to be phonemic in any spoken language. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is (IPA|ɶ), and the equivalent X-SAMPA symbol is &. The letter (IPA|ɶ) is a small caps rendition of (Œ). (IPA|œ), the lowercase version of the ligature, is used for the open-mid front rounded vowel.
While the IPA chart lists it as a fully open vowel, the rounded equivalent of pronounced as /[a]/, Ladefoged characterizes it as near-open, the rounded equivalent of pronounced as /[æ]/.
A phoneme generally transcribed by this symbol is reported from the Bavarian dialect of Amstetten. However, it is phonetically open-mid, pronounced as /link/.[1]
It occurs allophonically in Weert Limburgish as well as in some speakers of Danish and Swedish. Certain transcriptions of Danish use (IPA|ɶ) to denote an open-mid front rounded vowel pronounced as /link/.
In Maastrichtian Limburgish, the vowel transcribed with (IPA|ɶː) in the Mestreechter Taol dictionary is phonetically near-open central pronounced as /link/. It is a phonological open-mid front rounded vowel, the long counterpart of pronounced as //œ//.
reports that pronounced as /[ɶː]/ in Stockholm Swedish is sometimes difficult to distinguish from pronounced as /link/, which is the main realization of the pronounced as //ɑː// phoneme, a sign that both vowels are phonetically very close.
| Language | Word | IPA | Meaning | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Some speakers | Danish: [[Danish alphabet|gr'''ø'''n]] | pronounced as /[ˈkʁɶ̝nˀ]/ | 'green' | Near-open; allophone of pronounced as //ø// between pronounced as //ʁ// and pronounced as //v// as well as an allophone of pronounced as //œ// between pronounced as //ʁ// and a nasal. Other speakers pronounce it the same as pronounced as /link/. See Danish phonology | ||
| Weert dialect | Limburgan; Limburger; Limburgish: b'''u'''i | pronounced as /[bɶj]/ | 'shower' | Allophone of pronounced as //œ// before pronounced as //j//. See Weert dialect phonology | ||
| Stockholm | Swedish: [[Swedish alphabet|'''ö'''ra]] | pronounced as /[ˈɶ̂ːra̠]/ | 'ear' | Pre-pronounced as //r// allophone of pronounced as //øː// (sometimes also pronounced as //œ//) for younger speakers. Open-mid pronounced as /[{{IPAplink|œː}}, {{IPAplink|œ}}]/ for other speakers. See Swedish phonology | ||
pronounced as /navigation/