Open back rounded vowel explained

Ipa Symbol:ɒ
Ipa Number:313
Decimal:594
X-Sampa:Q
Imagefile:IPA Unicode 0x0252.svg
Braille:256
Braille2:ch

pronounced as /vowels/The open back rounded vowel, or low back rounded vowel, is a type of vowel sound, used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is (IPA|ɒ). It is called Latin turned alpha being a rotated version of Latin alpha. It seems a "turned script a", being a rotated version of "script (cursive) a", which is the variant of a that lacks the extra stroke on top of a "printed a". Latin turned alpha a (IPA|ɒ) has its linear stroke on the left, whereas Latin alpha a (IPA|ɑ) (for its unrounded counterpart) has its linear stroke on the right.

Occurrence

Language Word IPAMeaning Notes
Standard Afrikaans: [[Afrikaans alphabet|d'''aa'''r]]|italic=yes pronounced as /[dɒːr]/ 'there' Fully back. Used by some speakers, particularly young female speakers of northern accents. Other speakers use an unrounded vowel pronounced as /[{{IPAplink|ɑː}} ~ {{IPAplink|ɑ|ɑ̟ː}}]/. See Afrikaans phonology
Assamese: [[:wikt:কৰ#Assamese|'''ক'''ৰ]] / korpronounced as /[kɒ̹ɹ]/'to do' An "over-rounded" pronounced as /[ɒ̹]/, with rounding as strong as that for pronounced as /[u]/. May also be transcribed [ɔ].
Bulgarian: [[Bulgarian alphabet|м'''ъ'''ж]]/măž pronounced as /[ˈmɒʃʲ]/ 'man' Found as the unification of the Proto-Slavic *ǫ, *ę, *ъ and *ь. Standard Bulgarian has /pronounced as /ink// for *ǫ and *ъ and /pronounced as /ink// for *ę and *ь.
Catalan; Valencian: [[Catalan alphabet|s'''o'''c]]|italic=yes pronounced as /[ˈsɒk]/'clog'Typically transcribed in IPA with (IPA|ɔ). See Catalan phonology
Menorcan
Valencian
Some Valencian speakers Catalan; Valencian: [[Catalan alphabet|taul'''a''']]|italic=yes pronounced as /[ˈt̪ɑ̟wɫɒ̝]/ 'table' Can be realized as unrounded pronounced as /link/.
Dutch; Flemish: [[Dutch orthography|b'''a'''d]]|italic=yes pronounced as /[bɒ̝t]/ 'bath' Near-open fully back; may be unrounded pronounced as /link/ instead. It corresponds to pronounced as /link/ in standard Dutch.
Rotterdam
Some dialects pronounced as /[bɒt]/ 'bone' Some non-Randstad dialects, for example those of Den Bosch and Groningen. It is open-mid pronounced as /link/ in standard Dutch.
pronounced as /[nɒ̜̈t]/ 'not' Near-back and weakly rounded. Some younger speakers of the General variety may actually have a higher and fully unrounded vowel pronounced as /link/. See South African English phonology
pronounced as /[nɒt]/ Somewhat raised. Contemporary RP speakers pronounce a closer vowel pronounced as /link/. It is proposed that the pronounced as /link/ vowel of Conservative RP, which is normally described as a rounded vowel, is pronounced by some speakers without rounded lips for whom the characteristic quality is rather one of sulcality.[1] See English phonology
May be somewhat raised and fronted.
Lot and thought have the same vowel in Canadian English; see cot–caught merger.
thought'thought'
General AmericanVowel /ɔ(:)/ is lowered (phonetic realization of /ɔ(:)/ is much lower in GA than in RP). However, "Short o" before r before a vowel (a short o sound followed by r and then another vowel, as in orange, forest, moral, and warrant) is realized as [oɹ~ɔɹ].
Inland Northern AmericanSee Northern cities vowel shift
pronounced as /[t̪ʰɒʈ]/pronounced as //ɒ// and pronounced as //ɔː// differ entirely by length in Indian English.
pronounced as /[θɒːt]/ Open-mid in Cardiff; may merge with pronounced as /link/ in northern dialects.
Many speakers German: [[German alphabet|Gourm'''and''']]|italic=yes pronounced as /[ɡ̊ʊʁˈmɒ̃ː]/ 'gourmand' Nasalized
common phonetic realization of pronounced as /link/. See Standard German phonology
Swiss German; Alemannic; Alsatian: m'''aa'''ne|italic=yes pronounced as /[ˈmɒːnə]/ 'remind' The example word is from the Zurich dialect, in which pronounced as /[ɒː]/ is in free variation with the unrounded pronounced as /link/.
Standardpronounced as /[ˈmɒ̜̽ɟɒ̜̽r]/ 'Hungarian'Somewhat fronted and raised, with only slight rounding; sometimes transcribed in IPA with (IPA|ɔ). Unrounded pronounced as /link/ in some dialects. See Hungarian phonology
d pronounced as /[dɒ̝́]/ 'marry' Near-open; typically transcribed in IPA with (IPA|ɔ).
Irish: [[Irish orthography|'''ó'''lann]] pronounced as /[ɒ̝ːɫ̪ən̪ˠ]/ '(he) drinks' Near-open; may be transcribed in IPA with (IPA|ɔː).
c'''å'''p pronounced as /[kɒp]/ 'head' See Istro-Romanian pronunciation (in Romanian).
Jeju[2] [[wiktionary:ᄒᆞ나#Jeju|'''ᄒᆞ'''나]]/hawna[hɒna]"one"See Jeju phonology
d'''ö'''n̄|italic=yes pronounced as /[ⁿdɒ̝ŋ]/ 'yam' Raised vowel, being the back rounded counterpart of pronounced as /link/ in a symmetrical vowel inventory.
‘'''ā'''n̄sār|italic=yes pronounced as /[ʔɒ̝ŋsɒ̝r]/ 'person' Raised vowel, being the back rounded counterpart of pronounced as /link/ in a symmetrical vowel inventory.
Limburgan; Limburger; Limburgish: pl'''ao'''ts|italic=yes pronounced as /[plɒ̝ːts]/ 'place' Near-open fully back; typically transcribed in IPA with (IPA|ɔː). Corresponds to pronounced as /link/ in other dialects.
MalayKedahtuapronounced as /[tu.ɒ]/'old'Northern Kedah subdialect/dialect. Allophone of /a/ in word-final position in open-ended words and close-ended words that end with a glottal stop /ʔ/ or a glottal fricative /h/.
Neapolitan[3] VasteseNeapolitan: u'''â'''ʃtəpronounced as /[uˈwɒʃtə]/'Vasto'
Norwegian: [[Norwegian alphabet|t'''o'''pp]]|italic=yes pronounced as /[tʰɒ̝pː]/ 'top' Near-open, also described as close-mid back pronounced as /link/. Typically transcribed in IPA with (IPA|ɔ). See Norwegian phonology
Dialects along the Swedish border Norwegian: [[Norwegian alphabet|h'''a'''t]]|italic=yes pronounced as /[hɒ̜ːt]/ 'hate' Weakly rounded and fully back. See Norwegian phonology
PersianPersian: [[Persian alphabet|ف‍'''‍ا'''رسی]] / fârsipronounced as /[fɒːɾˈsiː]/'Persian'
Brazilian PortugueseCariocaovapronounced as /['ɒ'ː.va]/
Some speakers Slovak: [[Slovak orthography|'''a''']]|italic=yes pronounced as /[ɒ]/ 'and' Under Hungarian influence, some speakers realize the short pronounced as //a// as rounded. See Slovak phonology
Central Standard Swedish: [[Swedish orthography|j'''а'''g]]|italic=yes pronounced as /[jɒ̝ːɡ]/ 'I' Near-open fully back weakly rounded vowel. Typically transcribed in IPA with (IPA|ɑː). See Swedish phonology
pronounced as /[jɒːɡ]/ More rounded than in Central Standard Swedish.
Standard[4] pronounced as /[t͡ʃɒj]/ 'tea'
Yoruba: [[Yoruba alphabet|it'''ọ'''ju]] pronounced as /[itɒ̝ju]/ 'care' Near-open; most often transcribed in IPA with (IPA|ɔ).

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pronounced as /navigation/

Notes and References

  1. Book: Lass, Roger. Phonology: an introduction to basic concepts. 1984. 124.
  2. Book: Yang, Changyong . Jejueo: the language of Korea's Jeju Island . Yang . Sejung . O'Grady . William . 2020 . University of Hawaiʻi Press . 978-0-8248-7443-8 . Honolulu.
  3. Web site: Vastesi Language - Vastesi in the World . 21 November 2016 . Vastesi in the World.
  4. Book: Sjoberg. Andrée F.. Uzbek Structural Grammar. Uralic and Altaic Series. 18. 1963. Indiana University. Bloomington. 17.