Open-mid back rounded vowel

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IPA – number	306
IPA – text	ɔ
Entity	ɔ
X-SAMPA	O
Kirshenbaum	O
Sound sample (help·info)

The open-mid 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 ɔ, and the equivalent X-SAMPA symbol is O. The IPA symbol is a turned letter c and both the symbol and the sound are commonly called "open-o". The name open-o represents the sound, in that it is like the sound represented by [o], the close-mid back rounded vowel, except it is more open. It also represents the symbol, which can be remembered as an o which has been "opened" by removing part of the closed circular shape.

Contents 1 Features 1.1 Occurrence 2 See also 3 References 4 Bibliography

[edit] Features

• Its vowel height is open-mid, which means the tongue is positioned halfway between an open vowel and a mid vowel.
• 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.

[edit] Occurrence

Language		Word	IPA	Meaning	Notes
Albanian		po	[pɔ]	'yes'
Bengali		বস	[bɔʃ]	'sit'	See Bengali phonology
Catalan[1]		cosa	[kɔzə]	'thing'	See Catalan phonology
Chinese	Cantonese	我/ngo5	[ŋɔː˩˧]	'I'	See Standard Cantonese
	Mandarin	我/wǒ	[uɔ˨˩˦]	'I'	See Standard Mandarin
Czech		oko	[ɔkɔ]	'an eye'	See Czech phonology
Dutch		bot	[bɔt]	'bone'	See Dutch phonology
English	Australian	hot	[hɔt]	'hot'	See Australian English phonology
	GA	bog	[bɔg]	'bog'	Some speakers. See English phonology
	RP	bore	[bɔː]	'bore'	See English phonology
Faroese		nátt	[nɔtː]	'night'
French[2]		sort	[sɔʀ]	'fate'	See French phonology
Georgian[3]		სწორი	[sʦʼɔɾi]	'correct'
German		voll	[fɔl]	'full'	See German phonology
Italian[4]		parola	[paˈɾɔːla]	'word'	See Italian phonology
Lao		ບ	[bɔː]	'origin'
Norwegian		topp	[tɔp]	'top'	See Norwegian phonology
Occitan		òme	[ˈɔme]	'man'
Polish[5]		kot	[kɔt] (help·info)	'cat'	See Polish phonology
Portuguese[6]		só	[sɔ]	'alone'	See Portuguese phonology
Swedish		åtta	[ˈɔtːa] (help·info)	'eight'	See Swedish phonology
Tajik		тоҷикӣ	[tɔːdʒɪˈkiː]	'Tajik language'
Vietnamese		to	[tɔ̄]	'large'	See Vietnamese phonology

[edit] See also

• List of phonetics topics

[edit] References

[edit] Bibliography

• Carbonell, Joan F. & Joaquim Llisterri (1992), "Catalan", Journal of the International Phonetic Association 22 (1-2): 53-56
• Cruz-Ferreira, Madalena (1995), "European Portuguese", Journal of the International Phonetic Association 25 (2): 90-94
• Fougeron, Cecile & Caroline L Smith (1993), "Illustrations of the IPA:French", Journal of the International Phonetic Association 23 (2): 73-76
• Jassem, Wiktor (2003), "Polish", Journal of the International Phonetic Association 33 (1): 103-107
• Rogers, Derek & Luciana d'Arcangeli (2004), "Italian", Journal of the International Phonetic Association 34 (1): 117-121
• Shosted, Ryan K. & Chikovani Vakhtang (2006), "Standard Georgian", Journal of the International Phonetic Association 36 (2): 255-264