The open back rounded vowel, or low 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 . Latin turned alpha a has its linear stroke on the left, whereas Latin alpha a (for its unrounded counterpart) has its linear stroke on the right.

Features

Occurrence

Near-open back rounded vowel

In some languages there is the near-open back rounded vowel (a sound between cardinal and ), which can be transcribed in IPA with or .

Features

Occurrence

See also

• Turned a

• Index of phonetics articles

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