Close back rounded vowel

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IPA – number	308
IPA – text	u
IPA – image	Image:Xsampa-u.png
Entity	u
X-SAMPA	u
Kirshenbaum	u
Sound sample (help·info)

The close 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 u, and the equivalent X-SAMPA symbol is u.

There is also a close back compressed vowel which contrasts with both the rounded and unrounded close back vowels.

Contents 1 Features 2 Occurrence 3 See also 4 References 5 Bibliography

[edit] Features

• Its vowel height is close, which means the tongue is positioned as close as possible to the roof of the mouth without creating a constriction that would be classified as a consonant.
• Its vowel backness is back, which means the tongue is positioned as far back as possible in the mouth without creating a constriction that would be classified as a consonant.
• Its vowel roundedness is rounded, which means that the lips are rounded and protrude, and the inner surfaces are exposed.

[edit] Occurrence

Language		Word	IPA	Meaning	Notes
Cantonese		菇/gu1	[guː]	'mushroom'	See Standard Cantonese
Croatian		u	[u]	'in'
Dutch		voet	[vuːt]	'foot'	See Dutch phonology
English	GA	boot	[bu̟ːtˀ]	'boot'	Typically more front than cardinal [u]. See English phonology
	RP		[bu̟ːt]
Faroese		ur	[uːr]	'(wrist-)watch'
Finnish		kukka	[ˈkukːɑ]	'flower'	See Finnish phonology
French		où	[u] (help·info)	'where'	See French phonology
Georgian[1]		გუდა	[gudɑ]	'leather bag'
German		Fuß	[fuːs]	'foot'	See German phonology
Greek		ουρανός	[ˌuraˈno̞s̠]	'sky'	See Modern Greek phonology
Hungarian		unalmas	[unɒlmɒʃ]	'boring'	See Hungarian phonology
Irish		gasúr	[ˈgasˠuːɾˠ]	'boy'	See Irish phonology
Italian		tutta	[ˈtutta]	'all' (fem.)	See Italian phonology
Norwegian		mot	[muːt]	'courage'	See Norwegian phonology
Polish		buk	[buk] (help·info)	'beech tree'	See Polish phonology
Portuguese		urso	[ˈuɾsu]	'bear'	See Portuguese phonology
Romanian		unu	[ˈunu]	'one'	See Romanian phonology
Russian		узкий	[ˈuskʲɪj]	'narrow'	See Russian phonology
Scottish Gaelic		gu	[gu]	'to'
Serbian		жут /žut	[ʒut]	'yellow'
Slovak		u	[u]	'at'
Spanish[2]		curable	[kuˈɾable]	'curable'	See Spanish phonology
Turkish		uçak	[utʃak]	'airplane'	See Turkish phonology
Swedish		bot	[buːt] (help·info)	'penance'	See Swedish phonology
Vietnamese		tu	[tū]	'to mediate'	See Vietnamese phonology

[edit] See also

• List of phonetics topics

[edit] References

[edit] Bibliography

• Martínez-Celdrán, Eugenio; Ana Ma. Fernández-Planas & Josefina Carrera-Sabaté (2003), "Castilian Spanish", Journal of the International Phonetic Association 33 (2): 255-259
• Shosted, Ryan K. & Chikovani Vakhtang (2006), "Standard Georgian", Journal of the International Phonetic Association 36 (2): 255-264br:Vogalenn serr a-dreñv ront

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