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The open-mid back rounded vowel, or low-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⟩. 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.
The IPA prefers the terms "close" and "open" for vowels, and the name of the article follows this. However, a large number of linguists, perhaps a majority, prefer the terms "high" and "low".
Hong Kong, Simplified Chinese characters, Singapore, Pinyin, Hanja
Latin script, Open-mid back rounded vowel, International Phonetic Alphabet, Open back unrounded vowel, Near-back vowel
Linguistics, Noam Chomsky, Ludwig Wittgenstein, Ferdinand de Saussure, Spanish language
International Phonetic Alphabet, English phonology, British English, Place of articulation, Manner of articulation
Open back unrounded vowel, Close-mid back rounded vowel, Canada, United Kingdom, Close front unrounded vowel
Palatal approximant, Close front unrounded vowel, Nasal vowel, Latin, Voiceless alveolar sibilant
Tiberian Hebrew, Israeli Hebrew, Hebrew language, Close-mid front unrounded vowel, Dagesh
O, Ȫ, E, A, C