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ɢᴏᴀᴛ vowel phoneme /əʊ/
From Teflpedia
via: IPA phoneme /əʊ/
The ɢᴏᴀᴛ vowel phoneme /əʊ/ is an English vowel phoneme consisting of the vowel sound used by English speakers in its keyword goat.[1][2]
Words in the ɢᴏᴀᴛ lexical set are pronounced with this vowel.
- In RP, the diphthongal nucleus is a schwa [ə], and the diphthongal glide is a near-close near-back rounded vowel [ʊ].
- In GenAm, the diphthongal nucleus is a close-mid back rounded vowel [o], and the diphthongal glide is a near-close near-back rounded vowel [ʊ].