Back Ungerundeter geschlossener Hinterzungenvokal ALS صائت خلفي مغلق غير مدور Arabic Затворена задна незакръглена гласна Bulgarian Vogalenn serr a-dreñv plaen Breton Vocal tancada posterior no arrodonida Catalan Zavřená zadní nezaokrouhlená samohláska Czech Ungerundeter geschlossener Hinterzungenvokal German Vocal cerrada posterior no redondeada Spanish واکه پسین بسته گردنشده Persian Voyelle fermée postérieure non arrondie French
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| Close back unrounded vowel | |||
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| ɯ | |||
| IPA Number | 316 | ||
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| Entity (decimal) | ɯ | ||
| Unicode (hex) | U+026F | ||
| X-SAMPA | M | ||
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Legend: unrounded • rounded |
The close back unrounded vowel, or high back unrounded vowel,[1] is a type of vowel sound used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is ⟨ɯ⟩. Typographically, it is a turned letter ⟨m⟩; given its relation to the sound represented by the letter ⟨u⟩, it can be considered a ligature of 2 ⟨u⟩'s.
The close back unrounded vowel can in many cases be considered the vocalic equivalent of the voiced velar approximant [ɰ].
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- ^ While the International Phonetic Association prefers the terms "close" and "open" for vowel height, many linguists use "high" and "low".