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Close back rounded vowel [u]
From Teflpedia
The close back rounded vowel [u] is a vowel phone. It’s a cardinal vowel.
Features[edit | edit source]
The close back rounded vowel has the following features:
- Vowel height: It’s a close vowel, also known as high, which means the tongue is positioned close to the roof of the mouth without creating a constriction that would be classified as a consonant.
- Vowel backness: A back vowel, which means the tongue is positioned towards the back of the mouth without creating a constriction that would be classified as a consonant.
- Vowel roundedness: It is a rounded vowel, which means that the lips are rounded.
Occurrence in English[edit | edit source]
This occurs in English. In some dialects, it’s used to represent the ɢᴏᴏꜱᴇ vowel phoneme.
Representation[edit | edit source]
In the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA), the close back rounded vowel has lowercase U, ⟨u⟩, as its IPA symbol. Its IPA number is 308. In IPA Braille, this is represented by Braille pattern dots-136 ⠥, like the letter U.
