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close	i • y		close central unrounded vowel • close central rounded vowel		close back unrounded vowel • u
near-close		near-close near-front unrounded vowel • near-close near-front rounded vowel		near-close near-back rounded vowel
close-mid	e • ø		close-mid central unrounded vowel • close-mid central rounded vowel		close-mid back unrounded vowel • o
mid			schwa
open-mid	open-mid front unrounded vowel • œ		open-mid central unrounded vowel • open-mid central rounded vowel		open-mid back unrounded vowel • open-mid back rounded vowel
near-open	æ		near-open central vowel
open	a • open front rounded vowel				open back unrounded vowel • open back rounded vowel

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The close-mid back unrounded vowel is a type of vowel sound, used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is ɤ, and the equivalent X-SAMPA symbol is 7.


IPA - Unicode	ɤ
IPA - image
X-SAMPA	`7`
Kirshenbaum	`o-`

Features of this vowel:

Its vowel height is close-mid, which means the tongue is positioned halfway between close vowel and a mid vowel.
Its vowel backness is back, which means the tongue is positioned as far back as possible in the mouth in the mouth without creating a constriction that would be classified as a consonant.
Its vowel roundedness is unrounded, which means that the lips are not rounded.

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