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Close central rounded vowel, the Glossary

The close central rounded vowel, or high central rounded vowel, is a type of vowel sound used in some spoken languages.^[1]

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Central vowels
Close vowels
Rounded vowels

Ait Seghrouchen Berber

Ait Seghrouchen Berber, or Seghroucheni (Seghrusheni), is a Zenati Berber language of the Eastern Middle Atlas Berber cluster.

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Allophone

In phonology, an allophone (from the Greek ἄλλος,, 'other' and φωνή,, 'voice, sound') is one of multiple possible spoken soundsor phonesused to pronounce a single phoneme in a particular language.

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Angami language

Angami (also: Gnamei, Ngami, Tsoghami, Tsugumi, Monr, Tsanglo, Tenyidie) is a Naga language spoken in the Naga Hills in the northeastern part of India, in Kohima district, Nagaland.

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The Armenian alphabet (Հայոց գրեր, Hayocʼ grer or Հայոց այբուբեն, Hayocʼ aybuben) or, more broadly, the Armenian script, is an alphabetic writing system developed for Armenian and occasionally used to write other languages.

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Armenian language

Armenian (endonym) is an Indo-European language and the sole member of the independent branch of the Armenian language family.

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Australian English

Australian English (AusE, AusEng, AuE, AuEng, en-AU) is the set of varieties of the English language native to Australia.

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Australian English phonology

Australian English (AuE) is a non-rhotic variety of English spoken by most native-born Australians.

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Berber languages

The Berber languages, also known as the Amazigh languages or Tamazight, are a branch of the Afroasiatic language family.

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Chemnitz dialect

Chemnitz dialect is a distinct German dialect of the city of Chemnitz and an urban variety of Vorerzgebirgisch, a variant of Upper Saxon German.

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Close back rounded vowel

The close back rounded vowel, or high back rounded vowel, is a type of vowel sound used in many spoken languages. Close central rounded vowel and close back rounded vowel are close vowels and rounded vowels.

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Close front rounded vowel

The close front rounded vowel, or high front rounded vowel, is a type of vowel sound, used in some spoken languages. Close central rounded vowel and close front rounded vowel are close vowels and rounded vowels.

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Cockney

Cockney is a dialect of the English language, mainly spoken in London and its environs, particularly by Londoners with working-class and lower middle-class roots.

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Danish and Norwegian alphabet

The Danish and Norwegian alphabet is the set of symbols, forming a variant of the Latin alphabet, used for writing the Danish and Norwegian languages.

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Dutch language

Dutch (Nederlands.) is a West Germanic language, spoken by about 25 million people as a first language and 5 million as a second language and is the third most spoken Germanic language.

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Dutch orthography

Dutch orthography uses the Latin alphabet.

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Dutch phonology

Dutch phonology is similar to that of other West Germanic languages, especially Afrikaans and West Frisian.

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Eastern Armenian

Eastern Armenian is one of the two standardized forms of Modern Armenian, the other being Western Armenian.

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English language

English is a West Germanic language in the Indo-European language family, whose speakers, called Anglophones, originated in early medieval England on the island of Great Britain.

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English language in Southern England

English in Southern England (also, rarely, Southern English English; Southern England English; or in the UK, simply, Southern English) is the collective set of different dialects and accents of Modern English spoken in Southern England.

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English orthography

English orthography is the writing system used to represent spoken English, allowing readers to connect the graphemes to sound and to meaning.

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English phonology

English phonology is the system of speech sounds used in spoken English.

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Estuary English

Estuary English is an English accent, continuum of accents, or continuum of accent features associated with the area along the River Thames and its estuary, including London, since the late 20th century.

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Free variation

In linguistics, free variation is the phenomenon of two (or more) sounds or forms appearing in the same environment without a change in meaning and without being considered incorrect by native speakers.

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General American English

General American English, known in linguistics simply as General American (abbreviated GA or GenAm), is the umbrella accent of American English spoken by a majority of Americans, encompassing a continuum rather than a single unified accent.

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German language

German (Standard High German: Deutsch) is a West Germanic language in the Indo-European language family, mainly spoken in Western and Central Europe. It is the most widely spoken and official or co-official language in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, and the Italian province of South Tyrol.

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German orthography

German orthography is the orthography used in writing the German language, which is largely phonemic.

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Hausa language

Hausa (Harshen/Halshen Hausa; Ajami: هَرْشٜىٰن هَوْسَا) is a Chadic language that is spoken by the Hausa people in the northern parts of Nigeria, Ghana, Cameroon, Benin and Togo, and the southern parts of Niger, and Chad, with significant minorities in Ivory Coast.

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Hiberno-English

Hiberno-English or Irish English (IrE), also formerly sometimes called Anglo-Irish, is the set of English dialects native to Ireland, here including the whole island: both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland.

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Ibibio language

Ibibio is the native language of the Ibibio people of Nigeria, belonging to the Ibibio-Efik dialect cluster of the Cross River languages.

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International Phonetic Alphabet

The International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) is an alphabetic system of phonetic notation based primarily on the Latin script.

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Irish language

Irish (Standard Irish: Gaeilge), also known as Irish Gaelic or simply Gaelic, is a Goidelic language of the Insular Celtic branch of the Celtic language group, which is a part of the Indo-European language family.

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Irish orthography

Irish orthography is the set of conventions used to write Irish.

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Irish phonology

Irish phonology varies from dialect to dialect; there is no standard pronunciation of Irish.

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Irula language

Irula is a Dravidian language spoken by the Irulas who inhabit the area of the Nilgiri mountains, in the states of Tamil Nadu, Kerala, and Karnataka, India.

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Isle of Lewis

The Isle of Lewis (Eilean Leòdhais) or simply Lewis (Leòdhas) is the northern part of Lewis and Harris, the largest island of the Western Isles or Outer Hebrides archipelago in Scotland.

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Japanese language

is the principal language of the Japonic language family spoken by the Japanese people.

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Japanese phonology

Japanese phonology is the system of sounds used in the pronunciation of the Japanese language.

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Japanese writing system

The modern Japanese writing system uses a combination of logographic kanji, which are adopted Chinese characters, and syllabic kana.

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John C. Wells

John Christopher Wells (born 11 March 1939) is a British phonetician and Esperantist.

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Kurdish language

Kurdish (Kurdî, کوردی) is a Northwestern Iranian language or group of languages spoken by Kurds in the region of Kurdistan, namely in Turkey, northern Iraq, northwest and northeast Iran, and Syria.

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Kurdish phonology

Kurdish phonology is the sound system of the Kurdish dialect continuum.

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Language

Language is a structured system of communication that consists of grammar and vocabulary.

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Limburgish

Limburgish (Limburgs or Lèmburgs; Limburgs; Limburgisch; Limbourgeois), also called Limburgan, Limburgian, or Limburgic, is a West Germanic language spoken in Dutch Limburg, Belgian Limburg, and neighbouring regions of Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia).

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Lizu language

Lizu (Western Ersu) is a Qiangic language spoken in Western Sichuan, China.

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Maastrichtian dialect

Maastrichtian (Mestreechs) or Maastrichtian Limburgish (Mestreechs-Limbörgs) is the dialect and variant of Limburgish spoken in the Dutch city of Maastricht alongside the Dutch language (with which it is not mutually intelligible).

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Medumba language

Medumba (Mə̀dʉ̂mbɑ̀) is a Bamileke language of Cameroon.

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Munster Irish

Munster Irish is the dialect of the Irish language spoken in the province of Munster.

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New Zealand English

New Zealand English (NZE) is the variant of the English language spoken and written by most English-speaking New Zealanders.

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New Zealand English phonology

This article covers the phonological system of New Zealand English.

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Norwegian phonology

The sound system of Norwegian resembles that of Swedish.

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Oxford English Dictionary

The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) is the principal historical dictionary of the English language, published by Oxford University Press (OUP), a University of Oxford publishing house.

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Palatalization (phonetics)

In phonetics, palatalization or palatization is a way of pronouncing a consonant in which part of the tongue is moved close to the hard palate.

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Randstad

The Randstad ("Rim City" or "Edge City") is a roughly crescent- or arc-shaped conurbation in the Netherlands, that houses almost half the country's population.

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Received Pronunciation

Received Pronunciation (RP) is the accent traditionally regarded as the standard and most prestigious form of spoken British English.

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Romanization of Japanese

The romanization of Japanese is the use of Latin script to write the Japanese language.

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Roundedness

In phonetics, vowel roundedness is the amount of rounding in the lips during the articulation of a vowel.

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Russian language

Russian is an East Slavic language, spoken primarily in Russia.

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Russian orthography

Russian orthography is an orthographic tradition formally considered to encompass spelling (p) and punctuation (p).

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Russian phonology

This article discusses the phonological system of standard Russian based on the Moscow dialect (unless otherwise noted).

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Scots language

ScotsThe endonym for Scots is Scots.

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Scottish English

Scottish English (Beurla Albannach) is the set of varieties of the English language spoken in Scotland. The transregional, standardised variety is called Scottish Standard English or Standard Scottish English (SSE). Scottish Standard English may be defined as "the characteristic speech of the professional class and the accepted norm in schools".

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Scottish Gaelic

Scottish Gaelic (endonym: Gàidhlig), also known as Scots Gaelic or simply Gaelic, is a Goidelic language (in the Celtic branch of the Indo-European language family) native to the Gaels of Scotland.

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Scottish Gaelic orthography

Scottish Gaelic orthography has evolved over many centuries and is heavily etymologizing in its modern form.

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Scouse

Scouse, more formally known as Liverpool English or Merseyside English, is an accent and dialect of English associated with the city of Liverpool and the surrounding Liverpool City Region.

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South African English

South African English (SAfE, SAfEn, SAE, en-ZA) is the set of English language dialects native to South Africans.

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Southern American English

Southern American English or Southern U.S. English is a regional dialect or collection of dialects of American English spoken throughout the Southern United States, though concentrated increasingly in more rural areas, and spoken primarily by White Southerners.

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Southern Kurdish

Southern Kurdish (Kurdî Xwarîn) is one of the dialects of the Kurdish language, spoken predominantly in northeastern Iraq and western Iran.

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Swedish alphabet

The Swedish alphabet (Svenska alfabetet) is a basic element of the Latin writing system used for the Swedish language.

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Swedish language

Swedish (svenska) is a North Germanic language from the Indo-European language family, spoken predominantly in Sweden and in parts of Finland.

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Swedish phonology

Swedish has a large vowel inventory, with nine vowels distinguished in quality and to some degree in quantity, making 18 vowel phonemes in most dialects.

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Tamil language

Tamil (தமிழ்) is a Dravidian language natively spoken by the Tamil people of South Asia.

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Tamil phonology

Tamil phonology is characterised by the presence of "true-subapical" retroflex consonants and multiple rhotic consonants.

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Tamil script

The Tamil script (தமிழ் அரிச்சுவடி) is an abugida script that is used by Tamils and Tamil speakers in India, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia and elsewhere to write the Tamil language.

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U with bar

U with bar (majuscule: Ʉ, minuscule: ʉ) or barred u is a letter of the Latin alphabet, formed from U with the addition of a bar.

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Ulster Irish

Ulster Irish is the variety of Irish spoken in the province of Ulster.

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Upper Saxon German

Upper Saxon (Obersächsisch) is an East Central German dialect spoken in much of the modern German state of Saxony and in adjacent parts of southeastern Saxony-Anhalt and eastern Thuringia.

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Urban East Norwegian

Urban East Norwegian, also known as Standard East Norwegian (standard østnorsk), is a hypothesized Norwegian standard language traditionally spoken in the cities and among the elites of Eastern Norway, which is today the main spoken language of Oslo, its surrounding metropolitan area and throughout much of Eastern Norway.

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Uyo

Uyo is the capital city of Akwa Ibom, as state in South South Nigeria.

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Voiced labial–palatal approximant

The voiced labial–palatal (or labio-palatal) approximant is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages.

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Vowel

A vowel is a syllabic speech sound pronounced without any stricture in the vocal tract.

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Wester Ross

Wester Ross is an area of the Northwest Highlands of Scotland in the council area of Highland.

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White South African English phonology

This article covers the phonological system of South African English (SAE) as spoken primarily by White South Africans.

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X-SAMPA

The Extended Speech Assessment Methods Phonetic Alphabet (X-SAMPA) is a variant of SAMPA developed in 1995 by John C. Wells, professor of phonetics at University College London.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Close_central_rounded_vowel

Also known as /ÿ/, /ʉ/, Barred Latin upsilon, Barred small capital u, Barred upsilon, Barred-U, Close central compressed vowel, Close central protruded vowel, Close rounded central vowel, High central rounded vowel, Near-close central compressed vowel, Near-close central protruded vowel, Near-close central rounded vowel, , Ɨ͡β̞, Ɨᵝ, Ʉ (IPA).

, Oxford English Dictionary, Palatalization (phonetics), Randstad, Received Pronunciation, Romanization of Japanese, Roundedness, Russian language, Russian orthography, Russian phonology, Scots language, Scottish English, Scottish Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic orthography, Scouse, South African English, Southern American English, Southern Kurdish, Swedish alphabet, Swedish language, Swedish phonology, Tamil language, Tamil phonology, Tamil script, U with bar, Ulster Irish, Upper Saxon German, Urban East Norwegian, Uyo, Voiced labial–palatal approximant, Vowel, Wester Ross, White South African English phonology, X-SAMPA.

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See also

Central vowels

Close vowels

Rounded vowels

References